cornstalk
Americannoun
noun
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a stalk or stem of corn
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slang a tall thin man
Etymology
Origin of cornstalk
Example Sentences
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In the Amazing Maize Maze, located at the Queens County Farm Museum, visitors can embark on a scavenger hunt through acres of towering cornstalk on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in October and on Oct.
From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2022
Shavit-Lonstein, 23, dreamed of a professional acting career since his first performance as “a cornstalk or something” in a kids’ play.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2022
Set after a mass migration, the story has three major characters: a 72-year-old man known as the Elder, a sun-blinded dog and a cornstalk.
From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2018
“They also called eagle corn black-eyed corn,” O’Brien said, because the kernels will become darker if the grower leaves an ear on the cornstalk for an additional day or two.
From Washington Times • Oct. 31, 2015
He went to where he’d last seen the man who twitched like a cornstalk in the wind.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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