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The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
(1838-39). 'Very good,' said the old gentleman,
raising his voice, 'then bring in the bottled lightning, a clean
tumbler, and a
corkscrew
.'
The Old Curiosity Shop
(1840-41). Mr. Richard Swiveller,
wending homewards from the Wilderness (for such was the
appropriate name of Quilp's choice retreat), after a sinuous
and
corkscrew
fashion...
Our Mutual Friend
(1864-1865)
―
The visitor first held the
bottle against the light of the candle, and next examined the
top of the cork. Satisfied that it had not been tampered with,
he slowly took from his breast pocket a rusty clasp-knife,
and, with a
corkscrew
in the handle, opened the wine. That
done, he looked at the cork, unscrewed it from the
corkscrew
, laid each separately on the table, and, with the
end of the sailor's knot of his neckerchief, dusted the inside
of the neck of the bottle.
‖
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
(1870).
―
The host had gone below to the cellar, and had
brought up bottles of ruby, straw-colored, and golden drinks, which had ripened long
ago in lands where no fogs are, and had since lain slumbering in the shade. Sparkling
and tingling after so long a nap, they pushed at their corks to help the
corkscrew
(like
prisoners helping rioters to force their gates), and danced out gayly.
‖
Sketches by Boz
(1836).
―
'How are you?' said little Kitterbell, in a greater bustle than ever,
bolting out of the little back parlour with a
corkscrew
in his hand, and various particles
of sawdust, looking like so many inverted commas, on his inexpressibles.
‖
The life and adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit
(1843-44).
―
Their young friend Bailey
sympathised in these feelings to the fullest extent, and, abating nothing of his
patronage, gave them every encouragement in his power: favouring them, when the
general attention was diverted from his proceedings, with many nods and winks and
other tokens of recognition, and occasionally touching his nose with a
corkscrew
, as if
to express the Bacchanalian character of the meeting.
‖
and
―
I admire at your good
fortune, cap'en. You might loan me a
cork-screw
at the same time, and half-a-dozen
glasses if you liked.
‖
All the Year Round
(1889).
―
Confound it, madam! who are you?
‖
he sluttered. Then he
drew a long breath.
―
Oh
—
h !
Cork-screw
curls ! Cousin Lavinia !
―
