cornhusk
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cornhusk
Example Sentences
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They include Plains beadwork, Navajo weavings and rugs, Nez Perce cornhusk bags and one Taos School painting, as well as pottery, watercolors and baskets by artists from 13 tribes and nations.
From Washington Times • Oct. 18, 2018
Pete Fenson, a bronze medalist for the United States at the 2006 Turin Games, learned the game using cornhusk brooms while growing up in northern Minnesota.
From New York Times • Nov. 19, 2015
Their friends the cornhusk dolls have long since perished . . . their little greenish bodies, stuck to one another by the hair, gradually drying out.”
From Washington Post • Aug. 7, 2015
She wipes away Ponijao's freefalling poop with a dried cornhusk and the same quiet efficiency.
From Time • May 6, 2010
Instead, I made her a cornhusk doll, painting a face on it with pokeberry juice and fashioning a gown for it with a piece of cambric from Becky’s scrap bag.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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