Corncob

Definitions

1. The central cylindrical core of an ear of corn (maize) on which the kernels are attached in rows.
2. A yokel.
   informal

Equivalents

Examples

“London is like⟳ a shelled corncob on the Derby day, and there is not a clerk who could raise⟳ the money to hire⟳ a saddle with an old hack under it that can sit⟳ down on his office-stool the next day without wincing.”

“Six years of persistent research⟳ at the Bureau of Chemistry of the Department of Agriculture, has resulted in establishing the fact that a number⟳ of interesting and useful by-products can be derived from the humble corncob.”

“He bit into a corncob, and Chisom watched him munch with his mouth open⟳, his jaws working the corn like⟳ a mini grinding machine.”

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