corn shock

noun

1. a stack or bundle of bound or unbound corn piled upright for curing or drying

Example Sentences

The only representative of the weaker sex I encountered was a lady dressed in fine style with her face painted and powdered, her hair done up a la mode, and decked out in a mother-hubbard large enough to cover a corn shock.

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In her arms she held tightly clutched an old corn shock wrapped in a red rag.

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Right after we had halted on the other side of New Baltimore," continued the man, "I saw the pig rooting about a corn shock, and as my haversack was empty, and myself hungry, I thought I could dispose of part of him to advantage, and before I had time to reflect about the order, I commenced running after him.

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A corn shock is now a more profitable close herder than any cowpuncher who ever wore spurs.

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As it broke open, a startled rabbit broke from its cover in an adjacent corn shock and scurried across the field.

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