corn picker

American  

noun

1. a machine for picking the ears of corn from standing stalks and removing the husks.

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corn-picker British  

noun

1. a machine for removing ears of maize from the standing stalks, often also equipped to separate the corn from the husk and shell

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Other Word Forms

• corn picking noun

Etymology

Origin of corn picker

An Americanism dating back to 1940–45

Example Sentences

That was the case for Jamie Houdek, who lost his right hand to a corn picker on the 60-acre hobby farm where he works part-time raising beef cattle in Little Falls, Minnesota.

From Washington Times • Nov. 28, 2017

But today's farmer has little interest in such events; with a mechanical corn picker, he thinks nothing of picking and husking 1,500 bu of corn a day.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ford is working on a low-cost combine for medium-sized farms, a new corn picker that can be attached to the front of a standard four-wheeled tractor.

From Time Magazine Archive

Goodhue had a new tractor and corn picker.

From Time Magazine Archive

Most notable were the corn picker, in 1909, and the cotton picker, in 1942.

From Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17 by Schlebecker, John T.