corn factor
a person who deals in corn
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How to use corn factor in a sentence
If he has to pay the landlord according to a high average, and to be paid by the corn-factor according to a low one, he is undone.
Leading Articles on Various Subjects | Hugh MillerWhen, after a sleepless night on the stove, he betook himself to the corn-factor's house, he found it barred and shuttered.
Ghetto Comedies | Israel ZangwillAs it was, the corn-factor's stick cut like a razor through the air, and made a most musical whirr within a foot of the Jew's ear.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend | Charles ReadeTo the shaft of each hung a little board, on which was painted in white letters, "Henchard, corn-factor and hay-merchant."
The Mayor of Casterbridge | Thomas HardyDonald's brightness of intellect maintained in the corn-factor the admiration it had won at the first hour of their meeting.
The Mayor of Casterbridge | Thomas Hardy
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