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a tiny corkscrew sword that performs surgery on fruit and never asks why
means A handheld tool that removes the core, seeds, or central pith from fruits and vegetables like apples and pears.
from Simply 'core' plus the agent suffix '-er,' meaning 'the thing that cores.' 'Core' itself arrived in English in the medieval period, naming the inedible heart of an apple; its deeper origin is genuinely murky, though it's often linked — uncertainly — to Latin 'cor,' meaning 'heart,' which suits a tool that goes straight for the center.
- core job
- removes seeds and tough centers in one twist
- ancient roots
- bone and wood versions predate modern kitchens
- dual purpose
- many double as slicers, splitting apples eight ways
- pineapple variant
- spirals out flesh and leaves the shell intact
- hidden danger
- sharper than it looks, careless thumbs beware
for instance
soil corer — geological instrument used by usgs to extract cylindrical soil samples for analysis