corkscrew

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When it is curled over the back it makes an otherwise handsome dog look mean, and a tail that curls at the end like a corkscrew is also very ugly.

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  1. noun A device for drawing corks from bottles, consisting of a pointed metal spiral attached to a handle.
  2. adjective Spiral in shape.
  3. intransitive and transitive verb To move or cause to move in a spiral or winding course.

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  • I had always envisioned it as a corkscrew-style device with energy pulsing and revolving around it. —  Omni: December 1994
  • The chalk line he had drawn had gone in like a corkscrew, unwinding like a spool of thread, to arm's length in front of him. —  June, 1943
  • In a sense it was beautiful, coiled like a corkscrew, and it moved with a bewildering rapidity which dazzled the vision. —  Amazing Stories November, 1942
  • But not nearly as clever as my corkscrew, which is a machete. —  Starpulse Entertainment News
  • But unfortunately, when Mr. May returned, a corkscrew was in request. —  The Lost Girl
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cork-screw ·  upward ·  helical ·  switchback ·  slingshot ·  spiral ·  honey-colored ·  tortuous ·  uncarpeted ·  cutlery ·  flaxen

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corkscrew:   corkscrews
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/ˈkɔrkskru/
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