corn factor
- a person who deals in corn
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Historical Examples
Having no means to portion off us girls, he gave my sister in marriage to a corn-factor.
The Memoirs of Count Carlo GozziCount Carlo Gozzi
To the shaft of each hung a little board, on which was painted in white letters, "Henchard, corn-factor and hay-merchant."
The Mayor of CasterbridgeThomas Hardy
Donald's brightness of intellect maintained in the corn-factor the admiration it had won at the first hour of their meeting.
The Mayor of CasterbridgeThomas Hardy
"What's this, Henchard," said Alderman Tubber, applying his thumb to the corn-factor like a cheese-taster.
The Mayor of CasterbridgeThomas Hardy
As 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 MendCharles Reade