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• I love what you've done with the corn and the grilling ... can't replicate though as I've got nowhere to grill ... but cooking the corn separately and taking it off the cob was a clever move that I will try! —  Burnt Lumpia
• The caterpillar evidently thought the cob was an enemy, for it at once rolled itself into a ball and feigned death. —  The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals
• But now, the way being good, the cob was anxious to get on and reach its stable, passing Ralph quickly enough, and enraging its rider more and more Oh, you brute, you brute!" —  The Black Tor A Tale of the Reign of James the First
• 9. Each grain on the cob is the starting point for a thread of silk; and, unless the thread receives some particle of the dust which falls from the tassel flowers, the kernel with which it is connected will not grow. —  McGuffey's Third Eclectic Reader
• _Corn_ on the cob is a favorite at small informal dinners as a separate course. —  The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men

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