Missouri meerschaum

American  

noun

1. corncob.

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Missouri meerschaum

And the old man knocked the ashes from his Missouri meerschaum and ambled into the kitchen where the long green hung.

From Oklahoma Sunshine by Miller, Freeman E. (Freeman Edwin)

A Missouri meerschaum whose bowl is browned and whose fiber stem is frayed and stringy with biting betrays a meditative and reasonable owner.

From Mince Pie by Morley, Christopher

I've often noticed," said Uncle Ezra Mudge, as he slowly filled his Missouri meerschaum with Virginia twist,—"I've offen noticed thet nerve is the most vallyble asset in the credit items of human life.

From Oklahoma Sunshine by Miller, Freeman E. (Freeman Edwin)

And as a return for such affection, the venerable Missouri meerschaum lent to its young master an air that was comfortably domestic and peaceable.

From The Missourian by Lyle, Eugene P. (Eugene Percy)

Loss of patience had menace enough, though the Southerner had not stirred from his lazy posture in the doorway nor overlooked a single contented puff from the Missouri meerschaum.

From The Missourian by Lyle, Eugene P. (Eugene Percy)