The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #57013   Message #3709250
Posted By: Lighter
16-May-15 - 09:00 AM
Thread Name: Origins: My Gal's a Corker/...Girl's a New Yorker
Subject: RE: Origins: My Gal's a Corker/...Girl's a New Yorker
To be a "corker" in the U.S. (not a word that used much anymore), something or someone needs only to be very remarkable, even surprising or mildly disconcerting, in some way.

To say "My girl's a corker" doesn't tell us much. In my experience it is more usually applied to actions than to looks.