corn shuck
noun
US and Canadian the husk of an ear of maize
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How to use corn shuck in a sentence
One corn-shuck hat, made for a "Confederate bride" of the Neck, was trimmed with flowers made of small white feathers.
The Stronghold | Miriam HaynieThe men would take meal dough and fit it into a corn-shuck, tying the shucks tightly.
History of Morgan's Cavalry | Basil W. DukeRoll out in pones and wrap in a corn shuck or collard leaves or paper.
We had been wearing coal-scuttle bonnets of plaited straw, trimmed with corn-shuck rosettes.
Dixie After the War | Myrta Lockett AvaryThey was long benches made out'n hewed logs and all padded wid gray moss and corn shuck padding, and dey set pretty soft.
Slave Narratives, Oklahoma | Various
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