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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
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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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