corncob pipe
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Open-city proponent, former city councilman, lawyer noted for defending houses of ill repute, casually smoked a corncob pipe.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 5, 2023
Frosty the Snowman In this animated classic, Jackie Vernon provides the voice of Frosty, the legendary snowman with a corncob pipe and a button nose.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2020
There is a photo from that time of a teenage Hemingway, corncob pipe in his mouth, holding three good-size trout.
From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2015
One can imagine the stern-visaged MacArthur staring down visitors, or toying with his corncob pipe.
From Time • Jul. 20, 2012
Sissy brought Francie a present, a corncob pipe that you blew into and a rubber hen popped up and swelled over the pipe bowl.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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