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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
corn .
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Examples
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The king is then told, and a great feast prepared, at which the king gets drunk on guinea-corn beer.
Chapter 24. The Killing of the Divine King. § 2. Kings killed when their Strength fails 1922
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The king is then told, and a great feast prepared, at which the king gets drunk on guinea-corn beer.
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In 1741 her experiments with cotton, guinea-corn and ginger were defeated by frost, and alfalfa proved unsuited to her soil; but in spite of two preliminary failures that year she raised some indigo plants with success.
American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime Ulrich Bonnell Phillips 1905
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Corn was cultivated between the rows in some of the cane fields on the plantation, and some guinea-corn was bought from neighbors.
American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime Ulrich Bonnell Phillips 1905
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The king is then told, and a great feast prepared, at which the king gets drunk on guinea-corn beer.
The Golden Bough James George Frazer 1897
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Their food consists principally of the grains ghaseb and ghafouley, or guinea-corn.
Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government James Richardson 1828
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In Waura, near the western coast, it is made of guinea-corn, honey, Chili pepper, a root of coarse grass; in Kanou and Wadaï it is made of only ghaseb and honey, and is therefore more pure and agreeable.
Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government James Richardson 1828
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Asses are exceedingly numerous, and likewise go to Soudan to fetch guinea-corn.
Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government James Richardson 1828
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The king is then told, and a great feast prepared, at which the king gets drunk on guinea-corn beer.
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