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A corkscrew is a tool for drawing stopping corks from wine bottles. Generally, it comprises a pointed metallic helix attached to a handle. The user grips the handle and screws the metal point through the cork, entwining the cork and corkscrew so that moving one moves the other. Corkscrews are necessary because corks themselves, being small and smooth, are difficult to grip and (elegantly) remove. The handle of the corkscrew, often a horizontal bar of wood attached to the screw, allows for a fine, commanding grip making removal of the stopper relatively easy. Many corkscrew handles incorporate levers that further increase the amount of force that can be applied outwards upon the cork. Its design was derived from the gun worm which was a device used by musketmen to remove unspent charges from a musket's barrel in a similar fashion.
Corks are largely associated with wine bottles, although they are being replaced with other closures such as screwcaps on a proportion of wines.
The earliest patent for a corkscrew was awarded to Samuel Henshall (Obstando Promoves Soho Patent).
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sueannesjewelry (Sueanne Shirzay ) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:45:16 -0000
Mm hmm. Right next to corkscrews RT @alizziegal: There is a special circle of hell just for HP printers.
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Legoland Dune Raiders, a 30-fT high attraction, 6 side-by-side 50-fT-long racing lanes and a pair of double-helix corkscrews. NOW OPEN!
Electric corkscrews are for woosie wimpie weaklings!
BurningHawk1969 (Mark BurningHawk) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:22:36 -0000
Electric corkscrews are for woosie wimpie weaklings!
How drunk Frenchmen open wine bottles w/out corkscrews http://bit.ly/2MKaNL quite impressive actually
michaelawsutton (Michael Sutton) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:03:26 -0000
How drunk Frenchmen open wine bottles w/out corkscrews http://bit.ly/2MKaNL quite impressive actually
Hey @jeffvandermeer. Welcome to the twitterscene. Now you too can tweet about using corkscrews on screwtop wine bottles :D
geardrops (Artificial Flavoring) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:01:04 -0000
Hey @jeffvandermeer. Welcome to the twitterscene. Now you too can tweet about using corkscrews on screwtop wine bottles :D
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bbr4nd0n (Brandon Thornton) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:14:49 -0000
http://bit.ly/1QK4ml because corkscrews have no sense of adventure
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