"wing corkscrew" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wing corkscrews [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wing corkscrew (plural wing corkscrews)
  1. A type of corkscrew having two levers on either side of the worm, so that the cork is removed by pushing the levers together after the worm has been driven into the cork. Synonyms: butterfly corkscrew
    Sense id: en-wing_corkscrew-en-noun-lnJWeU86 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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