What is to press forward in a winding way; as, to corksrew one's way through a crowd. [Colloq.] Dickens called?
corkscrew — To press forward in a winding way; as, to corksrew one's way through a crowd. [Colloq.] Dickens. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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