corn picker

noun

a machine for picking the ears of corn from standing stalks and removing the husks.

Origin of corn picker

An Americanism dating back to 1940–45

Other words from corn picker

corn picking, noun

Words Nearby corn picker

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How to use corn picker in a sentence

A plastic and metal model of a one-row, tractor-drawn corn picker.
Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology | John T. Schlebecker

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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