corrie
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈkɒɹi/
name
Etymology: Diminutive from Coronation Street + -ie.
- Abbreviation of Coronation Street, a soap opera.
“It all seems to take place in the hiatus between Neighbours and “Brookie”, “Corrie” or EastEnders.”
“Linda lives next door and is dead mumsy, even though she's no one's mum, 'cos she cooks my tea sometimes and lets me watch EastEnders on her massive plasma TV, even though she says I should 'stay true to my Northern Roots' and watch Corrie.”
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Scottish Gaelic coirebor. English corrie Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic coire.
- A bowl-shaped geographical feature formed by glaciation.
“Fleet foot on the correi, / Sage counsel in cumber, Red hand in the foray, / How sound is thy slumber!”
“We spanned the dogs high up a corrie to the south of the ridge […]”