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corn picker

noun

  1. a machine for picking the ears of corn from standing stalks and removing the husks.


corn-picker

noun

  1. a machine for removing ears of maize from the standing stalks, often also equipped to separate the corn from the husk and shell
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • corn picking noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of corn picker1

An Americanism dating back to 1940–45
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Example Sentences

A plastic and metal model of a one-row, tractor-drawn corn picker.

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