Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the coarse leaves which inclose an ear of Indian corn.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Colloq. U.S. The husk covering an ear of Indian corn.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun US, colloquial The
husk covering anear ofIndian corn .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The men seated on the mare smoked their cornshuck cigarettes.
Deuces Wild Dusty Richards 2004
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She walked over to the bed and lay back on the cornshuck mattress, which crackled in protest.
The Lonesome Dove Series Larry McMurtry 1995
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From the corner just over his head, where Lorena had her room, came a crackling and a creaking sound such as two people can make in a bad bed with a cornshuck mattress over a weak spring.
The Lonesome Dove Series Larry McMurtry 1995
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From the corner just over his head, where Lorena had her room, came a crackling and a creaking sound such as two people can make in a bad bed with a cornshuck mattress over a weak spring.
Lonesome Dove McMurtry, Larry 1985
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Even a lighthearted girl wouldn't want to bounce on a cornshuck mattress on a hot afternoon, and anyway Lorena wasn't a lighthearted girl.
Lonesome Dove McMurtry, Larry 1985
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From the corner just over his head, where Lorena had her room, came a crackling and a creaking sound such as two people can make in a bad bed with a cornshuck mattress over a weak spring.
Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry 1985
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She walked over to the bed and lay back on the cornshuck mattress, which crackled in protest.
Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry 1985
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Even a lighthearted girl wouldn't want to bounce on a cornshuck mattress on a hot afternoon, and anyway Lorena wasn't a lighthearted girl.
Lonesome Dove McMurtry, Larry 1985
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She walked over to the bed and lay back on the cornshuck mattress, which crackled in protest.
Lonesome Dove McMurtry, Larry 1985
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From the corner just over his head, where Lorena had her room, came a crackling and a creaking sound such as two people can make in a bad bed with a cornshuck mattress over a weak spring.
Lonesome Dove McMurtry, Larry 1985
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