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corn shuck

British  

noun

  1. the husk of an ear of maize

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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She had all kinds of girl stuff setting around; corn shuck dolls, mud pies, and pretty bottles.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

But what was a corn shuck doing there?

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien

It was, in fact, a yellowish-brownish-green: a bit of a corn shuck.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien

They set there when they is done working, and lay around on corn shuck beds, because they never did use the log house much only in cold and rainy weather.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives by Work Projects Administration

We made hay and corn shuck mattresses for her.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Florida Narratives by Work Projects Administration

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