pop-corn

Definitions

Archaic form of popcorn.

alt-of, archaic, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Gen. Riley had his brigade marshalled in front of the “tavern,” where they enjoyed themselves alternately in eating pop-corn and sitting on the front stoop.”

“Two boys, one aged eight and the other twelve years, in Rome, Oneida county, N. Y., a few days ago, had a childish altercation about some chewing-gum and pop-corn, and, as they separated, threw at each other with sticks and other missiles, […]”

“It looked queer to me to see⟳ boxes labeled "His Excellency, Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America." The packages so labeled contained Bass ale or Cognac brandy, which cost⟳ "His Excellency" less than we Yankees had to pay⟳ for it. Think⟳ of the President drinking imported liquors while his soldiers were living on pop-corn and water!”

“Though the dusk of twilight was hardly yet apparent, lights were beginning to spangle the city like⟳ pop-corn bursting in a deep skillet.”

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