Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A covered pan of woven wire, with a long handle, in which a particular kind of Indian corn is popped over a fire. See
pop-corn .
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Examples
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They finished the little hymn, and the woman scraped some corn from a cob into the corn-popper.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 Various
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"You would find it warm work," said he, "unless you'd a very long handle to your corn-popper."
Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls Anonymous
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When Bertie came down to breakfast there was a white egg in the corn-popper!
Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper and Other Stories Anonymous
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The moguls were high and short and jerky, and they tossed a man around like a rat in a corn-popper.
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One night he left his corn-popper on the kitchen table.
Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper and Other Stories Anonymous
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Bertie could hardly wait to eat his supper before he tried his corn-popper.
Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper and Other Stories Anonymous
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Little John Henry takes the corn-popper, swaying it in time to the music, while the rest, with the exception of Lincoln, do a step or so of an old-fashioned reel.
Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People Constance D'Arcy Mackay
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There's the corn-popper, and (diving hand into cupboard and bringing out a bag) there's the corn!
Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People Constance D'Arcy Mackay
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The embers on the hearth give out a dull glow which leaves the room in semi-darkness, yet lights up several objects by the hearthstone -- namely, a heap of pine cones, some dried spice-wood bushes, a rude corn-popper, a snow-shovel, and a neatly-mended tongs.
Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People Constance D'Arcy Mackay
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Bertie had the desire of his heart, -- a corn-popper!
Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper and Other Stories Anonymous
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