Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
corn-husking .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Mgbeke means “a child born on corn-shucking day,” an honor I could do without.
A Kettle of Vultures Sabrina Lamb 2010
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Mgbeke means “a child born on corn-shucking day,” an honor I could do without.
A Kettle of Vultures Sabrina Lamb 2010
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Mgbeke means “a child born on corn-shucking day,” an honor I could do without.
A Kettle of Vultures Sabrina Lamb 2010
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There will be grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles, and now there will most definitely be corn-shucking.
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There will be grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles, and now there will most definitely be corn-shucking.
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After the returns came in from the harvest, all the hands were invited to join in "a real old-time corn-shucking," such as had not occurred upon either place for many a year.
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She said they'd have corn-shucking, they called it.
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School was begun thus early for the sake of getting an extra week of vacation during the Indian summer days of November, when the school would close for a while to give the boys and girls a chance to "help through corn-shucking," and still get in days enough in the school year to be sure to draw school money.
The Evolution of Dodd William Hawley Smith
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She no longer felt happy, and full of anticipations of the surprise in store at the corn-shucking.
Yankee Girl at Fort Sumter Alice Turner Curtis
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Sylvia's mother and father were interested to hear all that she had to tell them about the corn-shucking, and of the wonderful cake with its palmetto flag.
Yankee Girl at Fort Sumter Alice Turner Curtis
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