Meaning of cornlaw | Babel Free

Definitions

Rare spelling of corn law.

alt-of, rare

Examples

“When I became a Freetrade agitator in 1824, I could not find one respectable shopkeeper who thought the cornlaws an evil.”

“Another poem of this time, The Golden Year published in 1846, gives in antithetical form the hopeful liberal point of view founded on […] repeal of the cornlaws and freeing of commerce and Press […]”

“He started away from the protection of agriculture on which Tory landowners depended for prosperity. They wanted the cornlaws and he moved step by step towards repeal.”

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