corn picker

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noun

a machine for picking the ears of corn from standing stalks and removing the husks.

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Origin of corn picker

An Americanism dating back to 1940–45

OTHER WORDS FROM corn picker

corn picking, noun

How to use corn picker in a sentence

A plastic and metal model of a one-row, tractor-drawn corn picker.
Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology|John T. Schlebecker

British Dictionary definitions for corn picker

corn-picker

noun

mainly US and Canadian a machine for removing ears of maize from the standing stalks, often also equipped to separate the corn from the husk and shell

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