corn shuck
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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She had all kinds of girl stuff setting around; corn shuck dolls, mud pies, and pretty bottles.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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But what was a corn shuck doing there?
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
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It was, in fact, a yellowish-brownish-green: a bit of a corn shuck.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
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They set there when they is done working, and lay around on corn shuck beds, because they never did use the log house much only in cold and rainy weather.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives by Work Projects Administration
We jus' took oak ashes out of the fi'place and sprinkled them on the floo' and scoured with a corn shuck mop.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration
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