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corn dolly

British  

noun

  1. a decorative figure made by plaiting straw

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Everyone is welcome to come down and press cider, make a corn dolly and help send off summer, 19th-century style.

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The reapers were in the corn—Dolly tying up; big Mat slashing at the yellow stalks.

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