corn factor

noun

1. a person who deals in corn

Example Sentences

The corn factor, himself indifferently educated, had an exaggerated sense of the value of culture, and so Clara, who had artistic tastes without much actual talent, had gone in for painting, and might be seen, in pretty toilettes, copying pictures in the Museum.

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Roxdal's somewhat supercilious manner had always jarred upon the unsophisticated corn factor.

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Near the school he met John Browdie, the honest corn factor.

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Above it, in large letters, appeared the words, "Edward Armstrong, Corn Factor."

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As it passed, the farmer started up from his seat; and there, sure enough, was M'Kechan, the corn factor, in his ordinary dress, and, except that he was thinner and paler than usual, like a man suffering from hunger, presenting nearly his ordinary appearance.

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