cornhusker
[ kawrn-huhs-ker ]
/ ˈkɔrnˌhʌs kər /
noun
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What does "scattergood" mean?
a person who acts as though he or she knows everything and who dismisses the opinions, comments, or suggestions of others.
a person who spends possessions or money extravagantly or wastefully; spendthrift.
a well-intentioned but naive and often ineffectual social or political reformer.
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corn gluten, corn grits, cornhole, cornhouse, cornhusk, cornhusker, Cornhusker State, cornhusking, cornice, corniche, Cornichon
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Example sentences from the Web for cornhusker
The Cornhusker State finishes fourth with 1,575 points, up from sixth place last year.
So there's the memory of the "Cornhusker Kickback" with nothing to show for it.
His involvement in the ill-fated "Cornhusker Kickback" remains politically poisonous back home, and that won't be changing soon.
That favor, derisively known as the "Cornhusker Kickback," was eliminated from the bill.