Tools or devices with a spiral metal shaft used for removing corks from bottles, or plural of corkscrew.
Plural of corkscrew. Emerged in the 1600s when cork-stoppered bottles became common in wine storage. The name combines 'cork' and 'screw' because the device literally screws into cork.
Before corkscrews were invented, people had to smash bottles or push corks in with sticks—the corkscrew was a genius invention that transformed wine drinking from destructive to elegant!
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