corncrib

[ kawrn-krib ]

/ ˈkɔrnˌkrɪb /

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noun

a ventilated structure for the storage of unhusked corn.

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Origin of corncrib

First recorded in 1675–85; corn¹ + crib

Words nearby corncrib

corncob pipe, corn cockle, corn color, corn-cracker, corn crake, corncrib, corn dodger, corn dog, corn dolly, cornea, corneal astigmatism

How to use corncrib in a sentence

Rags and blisters and a bit of corncrib penance for himself!
Kenny|Leona Dalrymple
Kenny climbed a fence and entered the corncrib by a flight of rickety steps.
Kenny|Leona Dalrymple
All that is allowed them is corn and bacon, which is given out at the corncrib and smoke-house every Sunday morning.
Twelve Years a Slave|Solomon Northup
He's jest mad, cos the people come over here to git fodder instid o' goin' to his empty corncrib.
Adle Dubois|Mrs. William T. Savage

Once, during a period of rain, I lived in a corncrib for three days at an average of seven cents a day.
Kenny|Leona Dalrymple

British Dictionary definitions for corncrib

corncrib

/ (ˈkɔːnˌkrɪb) /

noun

mainly US and Canadian a ventilated building for the storage of unhusked maize

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