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- adjective not comparable, of an animal which is
fed corn - adjective informal, sometimes pejorative, of a person sheltered; uncultured; as, a cornfed
hillbilly ; especially a large white male - adjective informal, of a vehicle running on
ethanol (E85)
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Examples
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Abby's doo to grade as "cornfed," all the same she's one of the most fascinatin 'ladies, -- that is, an' give her a gun, -- in all the len'th an 'breadth of Arizona.
Wolfville Nights Alfred Henry Lewis 1885
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Oh — and at that big anti-war march, I knew exactly what was going to be on the news that evening — the little group of what appeared to be anarchists screaming in the faces of what appeared to be cornfed homebodies.
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Thus, they should not be portrayed by cornfed models shipped to Los Angeles for pilot season, but by up-and-coming alternative comics.
Meghan O'Keefe: The Fantasy Friends Spin-Off That Could Solve All of NBC's Woes Meghan O'Keefe 2012
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Thus, they should not be portrayed by cornfed models shipped to Los Angeles for pilot season, but by up-and-coming alternative comics.
Meghan O'Keefe: The Fantasy Friends Spin-Off That Could Solve All of NBC's Woes Meghan O'Keefe 2012
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Thus, they should not be portrayed by cornfed models shipped to Los Angeles for pilot season, but by up-and-coming alternative comics.
Meghan O'Keefe: The Fantasy Friends Spin-Off That Could Solve All of NBC's Woes Meghan O'Keefe 2012
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Thus, they should not be portrayed by cornfed models shipped to Los Angeles for pilot season, but by up-and-coming alternative comics.
Meghan O'Keefe: The Fantasy Friends Spin-Off That Could Solve All of NBC's Woes Meghan O'Keefe 2012
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Thus, they should not be portrayed by cornfed models shipped to Los Angeles for pilot season, but by up-and-coming alternative comics.
Meghan O'Keefe: The Fantasy Friends Spin-Off That Could Solve All of NBC's Woes Meghan O'Keefe 2012
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Thus, they should not be portrayed by cornfed models shipped to Los Angeles for pilot season, but by up-and-coming alternative comics.
Meghan O'Keefe: The Fantasy Friends Spin-Off That Could Solve All of NBC's Woes Meghan O'Keefe 2012
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I think it says much that after one ep, the TV shows Glee most reminded me of were—to some surprise—Freaks and Geeks nice production values, school setting, fair character depictions and—to my never-ending eye roll—countless uber-broad, cornfed talent shows.
TV Buzz: Fox’s Glee Debuts to Okay Ratings and Vocal Fans After Tireless Marketing | /Film 2009
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A big, dumb, cornfed Ohio State lad with some or all of those attributes in the opposite gender might make a perfect Althouse boytoy.
Mysteries of the Althouse day. Ann Althouse 2009
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