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  • noun Alternative spelling of corn flakes.

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Examples

  • I'm not quite sure why being forced to pay for ITV when I buy a packet of cornflakes is preferable to being forced to pay for a licence if I own a TV.

    House Points: Is the television licence fee doomed? 2008

  • I just discovered that crushed cornflakes is another cool cookie ingredient!

    Kitchen Sink Cookies 2008

  • However, the cornflakes chivda is India is made by deep-frying cornflakes, which is why I never tried making this, at home.

    Archive 2007-06-01 Nupur 2007

  • If you don't do the left-wing politics, you either keep your mouth shut, play along with it, or pee in everyone's cornflakes, which is what I do.

    NW Republican 2009

  • What would have the GOP shitting in their cornflakes is a poll that has Obama doing well (not even necessarily winning) in SC for the general election - and not just the Democratic primary.

    SurveyUSA: Obama At 50% In South Carolina, Ahead Of Hillary By 20 Points 2009

  • Scientists at Swansea University in the UK who analysed the effects of various breakfasts 'glycaemic load (GL) on energy levels found that sugary foods - such as cornflakes buried under spoonfuls of sugar - caused performance slumps.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

  • Women who ate a breakfast rich in carbohydrates that do not cause a spike in blood sugar -- think muesli, yogurt, skimmed milk -- burned 50 percent more fat during a post-breakfast workout than did those who ate a breakfast rich in the kind of carbohydrates known to make blood sugar rise sharply, such as cornflakes and white bread.

    unknown title 2009

  • With the US slow to come out of recession and owing to high unemployment, food prices generally are competitive, and specialists do not predict an significant increase in the cost of bread, tortillas, cornflakes and other basics.

    Six casualties of the world food crisis Tania Branigan in Beijing 2010

  • A very intersting subject to ponder over my cup of tea and cornflakes.

    T is for Taboo « An A-Z of ELT 2010

  • From the breakfast reading of the cornflakes box to the last email of the day, we are a literary species, addicted to every kind of ink, traditional or digital.

    A million reasons to celebrate the pleasures of reading | Observer editorial 2011

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