(n.) The charge made by innkeepers for drawing the cork and taking care of bottles of wine bought elsewhere by a guest.
Example Sentences:
(1) Tucked into the exposed eaves of a 12th-century Norman house, decorated with animal skins and ancient taxidermy, the House of Trembling Madness is a tight, friendly squeeze where hop-heads linger over two cask ales (both from the wonderful Wild Beer Co on this visit), specialist draft Belgian beers and an amazing, ever-changing selection of bottled brews (on top of which, you can drink anything that is for sale downstairs, paying £1.25 corkage).
(2) The Guardian has found 283 of these groups receive financial support from outside interests, including: • £60,000 support for the parliamentary choir from BT • £52,000 from drink and pub companies for the beer group • £16,000 for the parliamentary boat race from Siemens Other benefits are less quantifiable: the members of the all-party wine and spirits group, co-chaired by former Tory shadow minister Geoffrey Clifton-Brown and new Labour MP Ian Mearns, receive corkage, refreshment and wine tasting thanks to the largesse of the Wine and Spirits Trade Association.
Corsage
Definition:
(n.) The waist or bodice of a lady's dress; as, a low corsage.
(n.) a flower or small arrangement of flowers worn by a person as a personal ornament. Typically worn by women on special occasions (as, at a ball or an anniversary celebration), a corsage may be worn pinned to the chest, or tied to the wrist. It is usually larger or more elaborate than a boutonniere.
Example Sentences:
(1) There's a bridal gown for three- to six-year-olds, for instance, complete with a fake corsage.
(2) Not a single flower, corsage style, but an oval row, like a bower.
(3) I wore a new skirt and sweater set with a wrist corsage Mark bought me.
(4) Her professional stock-in-trade as a stage and television actress was a voice that could have made a regimental sergeant major tremble and a figure, suggesting an ample corsage filled with concrete, that wordlessly and hilariously forbade the taking of liberties.