cornhusk
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of cornhusk
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
They took it in a new direction in the early 1970s when they started selling crafts, cornhusk dolls and dried florals.
From Washington Times
They include Plains beadwork, Navajo weavings and rugs, Nez Perce cornhusk bags and one Taos School painting, as well as pottery, watercolors and baskets by artists from 13 tribes and nations.
From Washington Times
But her knack for making stick and cornhusk dolls eventually expanded into an affinity for quilts.
From New York Times
Sunday • Make your own cornhusk dolls at Wave Hill Gallery in the Bronx.
From New York Times
Their friends the cornhusk dolls have long since perished . . . their little greenish bodies, stuck to one another by the hair, gradually drying out.”
From Washington Post
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
