Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The husking of corn.
- noun A social gathering for husking corn.
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- noun The removal of the
husk from corn.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of removing the husks from ears of corn
- noun a social gathering for the purpose of husking corn
Etymologies
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Examples
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He had his cornhusking to do, and he wanted to get all the fall jobs finished before cold weather.
Half-Past Seven Stories Robert Gordon Anderson
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Of course, cabin-building, cornhusking, and quilting parties provided ample opportunities for the dissemination of strictly "local" news.
The Fair Play Settlers of the West Branch Valley, 1769-1784 A Study of Frontier Ethnography George D. Wolf
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When asked why, at 82, he still likes to compete in hand cornhusking, he said, "It's fun."
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Then, back in 1992, there was a hand cornhusking contest in West Point.
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Despite rain and muddy field conditions, the hand cornhusking demonstration went on as planned.
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At 75 years old, Janzen said last year was the first time he ever entered a hand cornhusking contest.
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Martin was one of the participants at the hand cornhusking demonstration Thursday at Husker Harvest Days.
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From the looks of it, this state cornhusking champion hasn't lost a step when it comes to picking corn by hand.
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-- after cornhusking was all husked and the oats thrashing all thrashed and the rutabaga digging all dug, I took eight dollars and a half in my inside vest pocket and I went to the hardware store.
Rootabaga Stories Carl Sandburg 1922
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