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salad
In the Northern States often used specifically for lettuce, of which salad is frequently made. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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corn
Maize, throughout the United States, is called Indian corn, or simply corn. What is called corn in E...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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broom-corn
(Sorghum saccharatum.) A species of corn which grows from six to eight feet high, from the tufts of ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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corn-blade
The leaf of the maize. Corn-blades are collected and used as fodder in some of the Southern States.-...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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corn-dodger
A kind of cake made of Indian corn, and baked very hard. The Sucker State, the country of vast proj...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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corn-juice
Whisky. A western term. I informed the old fellow that Tom wanted a fight; and as he was too full o...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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corn-shucking
An occasion on which a farmer invites the young people of the neighborhood to his house or barn, to ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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corn-stalk
A stalk of corn, particularly the stalk of the maize.--Webster. Mr. Pickering says, "the farmers of ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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corn cockle
The popular name of a purple-flowering plant (genus agrostemma).--Bigelow 's Flora Bostoniensis. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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guinea corn
(Holcus sorghum.) Egyptian millet, durrah of the Arabs, a plant with a stalk of the size and appeara...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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popped corn
Parched Indian corn, so called from the noise it makes on bursting open. The variety usually prepare...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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acknowledge the corn
An expression of recent origin, which has now become very common. It means to confess, or acknowledg...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose