corncob
suomi-englanti sanakirjacorncob englannista suomeksi
maissintähkä
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corncob englanniksi
The central cylindrical core of an ear of corn (maize) on which the kernels are attached in rows.
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{{quote-journal|en|year=1922|editor=Henry Haven Windsor|title=Corncob Seen as Source of New Industry|journal=Popular Mechanics|section=volume XXXVIII, page 765
{{quote-book|en|year=2009|author=Chika Unigwe|title=On Black Sisters Street|publisher=Random House,|isbn=978-1-4000-6833-3|page=32
A yokel.
(syn)
To disintegrate by the blades becoming severed from the axis
To defeat (someone) who then refuses to admit defeat.
{{quote-journal|en|author=Jeremy Gordon|title=CNN’s Most Cynical Pundit Got Mercilessly Owned in a Reddit AMA|titleurl=https://www.spin.com/2017/07/chris-cillizza-reddit-ama/|journal=SPIN|date=18 July 2017
{{quote-journal|en|author=Amelia Tait|title=The internet dictionary: what does it mean to be corncobbed?|titleurl=https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/2017/09/internet-dictionary-what-does-it-mean-be-corncobbed|journal=The New Statesmen|date=4 September 2017
2021, Daniel Hill, "The Big Mad: Missed Connections", ''Riverfront Times'', 24 March 2021 - 30 March 2021, page 11:
- Distracted cops, rude asteroids and the corncobbing of Andrew Koenig