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Meanings of
corncob
in English
Portuguese
espiga
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The hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn.
corn cob
Portuguese
espiga
Usage of
corncob
in English
1
Poke Stover puffed away thoughtfully at the
corncob
pipe he was smoking.
2
I remember
corncob
pipe you give me, and what I tell you.
3
Roger got out his
corncob
pipe, and I sat close to him.
4
The Colonel, who had always detested pipes, learned to smoke a
corncob
.
5
It was a forgotten
corncob
pipe of the Professor's, blackened and sooty.
6
She drew forth two flasks, each stoppered with a bit of
corncob
.
7
Cut the top tip and bottom end off each
corncob
and discard.
8
She extracted one, holding it between two fingers like a miniature
corncob
.
9
The Toyman puffed away on his
corncob
pipe before he answered:
10
The pipe, of the
corncob
variety, was very aged and black.
11
Over on the candy counter was a tray of
corncob
pipes.
12
About this time a brother mule-skinner enters, mouthing a
corncob
pipe.
13
Missouri's reputation for incredulity may be due to the
corncob
habit.
14
By a
corncob
moon they snaffle, silvery-hulled backs adrift & dolphin-arched in the mire.
15
The men could have
corncob
bubble pipes with our names and date on it.
16
Couldn't remember her ever asking for one or playing with even a dressed-up
corncob
.
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corncob
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
smoke a corncob
old corncob
achieve with corncob
astral corncob
bare corncob
More collocations
Translations for
corncob
Portuguese
espiga
sabugo
Corncob
through the time
Corncob
across language varieties
United Kingdom
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