corn dodger

[ kawrn-doj-er ]

/ ˈkɔrn ˌdɒdʒ ər /

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noun

South Midland and Southern U.S. a small, usually oval cake made of cornmeal batter and baked or fried in a skillet.

Chiefly South Atlantic States and Eastern Virginia. a boiled dumpling made of cornmeal.

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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

Origin of corn dodger

An Americanism dating back to 1830–35; origin uncertain, perhaps related to northern English dialect dodge “lump”

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That must have been some corn for her to remember it 50 years later!
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Hilbert was a flashy man who helicoptered five miles daily over corn fields to and from the office.
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He is perfectly capable of introducing a bill requiring all cars to run on corn stalks instead of gasoline.
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The man with the automobile, the corn-cure, and the baby grew to be legendary in the villages of Provence.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
I should judge that a peck of corn is about the average product of a day's work through all this region.
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The Vine appears at intervals, but is not general through this region: Indian Corn is also rare, and appears in small patches.
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Then, kindly and gently, the boy took Squinty over to the place where the corn crib was built on to the barn.
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If he has made up his mind that I'm stealing corn nothing I could say would change his opinion.
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