corn shuck
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
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
But what was a corn shuck doing there?
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
Roll out in pones and wrap in a corn shuck or collard leaves or paper.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration
We jus' took oak ashes out of the fi'place and sprinkled them on the floo' and scoured with a corn shuck mop.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration
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