Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An image of corn, dressed like a doll, carried in triumph amid much rejoicing on the last day of reaping; a kern-baby.
Examples
“And efter we'd had wer suppers, we got agate o 'dancin' i 't' leet o 't' harvist-moon; and reet i 't' middle o 't' dancers was t 'mell-doll. ”
“A bonnie seet was t 'mell-doll, an' if I could nobbut set een on yan agean, I'd be happy for a twelmonth. ”
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Open List: The World of Corn
Corn-related words and phrases. This versatile crop is so important to cultures and economies - from most basic indigenous foodstuff and animal feed to source of biopolymer and biofuel.
seed corn, field corn, flint corn, sweet corn, biofuel, biopolymer, corn starch, modified corn starch, cornstarch, cornflour, polylactic acid, citric acid and 390 more...
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hernesheir A.k.a. kirn-doll or kern-doll. Mar 3, 2010