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   surpriseinterjectioncolloquialUK

   Used to show surprise or amazement.

   Cor, look at the size of that fish!

   Cor, that was a close one on the motorway!

   UsageSay it at the start of a surprised sentence: Cor, look at that!

   Similarblimey, crikey, wow, gosh

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   street addressnounPhilippinesabbreviation

   A short way to write "corner" in an address, to show which two streets meet near a place.

   The bakery is at Main St. cor. Fifth Ave.

   Send the package to 120 Oak St. cor. Pine St.

   UsagePut it between two street names, Main St. cor. Fifth Ave., and say corner.

   Similarcorner

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   Hebrew measurenounhistoricalcountable

   An old Hebrew measure of how much something holds, about 220 liters, used for grain, oil, or wine.

   About as much liquid as a large bathtub holds.

   In Bible times, people often measured large amounts of grain in cors.

   Historians think one cor held about 220 liters.

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