[Ads-l] a different euphemism

[Bill Mullins]

cork-soaker (for cocksucker)

Kent State Univ. _Daily Kent Stater_ 30 Jan 1969 p col 5
"Sitting pretty is the Do-Gooders in League XII, and the Cork Soakers are on top of League XI." [intramural basketball team]

Nashville _Tennessean_ 22 Jun 1969 p 13-5 col 4 (Newspapers.com)
"Besides being a 'great baritone' and a 'fantastic cook,' Prysock is a hunter and a 'cork-soaker' (a fisherman)."

Richmond IN _Palladium-Item_ 16 Feb 1975 p 29 col 3 (Newspapers.com)
"Cork Soakers" [name of a bowling team]

Washington _Post_ 12 Apr 2004 p C01
""SNL" pushed the envelope and the boundaries Saturday night with the sketch about the "cork soakers," tireless workers at a vineyard who praised the art of cork soaking and their own prowess at it."


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