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Subject:	Re: Corky (derivation)
Author:	Anneza (Authenticated as Anneza)
Date:	February 8, 2010 at 1:36:22 AM
Reply to:	Re: Corky (derivation) by Cleveland Kent Evans

I'm not familiar with the comic strip, but a corker is, colloquially, someone or something absolutely top-notch. Just what people tend to think about their new babies.

I was at school with someone with the surname Kork who was known as Korky; that could be another possibility. And I also once knew a man whose surname was Thorpe: his nickname was also Corky which he thought was a half-rhyme for Thorpy. His given names were irrelevant!

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Messages in this thread:

Corky (derivation) - nomenphile Feb 5 2010, 4:53:54 PM
- Re: Corky (derivation) - Kalosyne Feb 13 2010, 1:28:40 PM
- Re: Corky (derivation) - Cleveland Kent Evans Feb 5 2010, 9:15:31 PM
  - Re: Corky (derivation) - Anneza Feb 8 2010, 1:36:22 AM
    - Re: Corky (derivation) - Cleveland Kent Evans Feb 8 2010, 6:06:22 AM
  - Re: Corky (derivation) - nomenphile Feb 5 2010, 9:28:15 PM

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