Corkery

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proper noun

A surname from Irish.

OriginIrish Ó Corcra →
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Meanings

proper nounCorkery (countable and uncountable, plural Corkerys)

plural Corkerys

  1. countableuncountableA surname from Irish.
  2. countableuncountableA ghost town in Dallas County, Missouri, United States.

Origin

  1. IrishÓ Corcra“descendant of Corcra”
  2. EnglishCorkery

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Corcra (“descendant of Corcra”), a personal name derived from corcair (“purple”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

rockery
Cite this entry
APA

Corkery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Corkery

MLA

“Corkery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Corkery. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Corkery,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Corkery.

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