a black woman's hair temporarily set in neatly aligned clumps to facilitate drying BARBADOS, 1996
2.verb
to move spirally, or cause something to move spirally UK, 1837
corkscrewed
Drunk. Do you remember last night at the bar at all? You were really corkscrewed.
corkscrewed up
Drunk. Do you remember last night at the bar at all? You were really corkscrewed up.
corkscrewed (up)
mod. courageous because of alcohol; with one’s courage screwed by alcohol. After getting himself corkscrewed up, he went into the boss’s office for a word.