Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act or practice of removing the tassel (male inflorescence) from growing Indian corn.
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- verb Present participle of
detassel .
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Examples
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A recent transplant from Washington, Shahed Samadi, was baffled when a girl showed up dehydrated at the hospital after spending the day in the fields "detasseling," the job of removing by hand the pollen-producing flower from the top of a corn plant.
Learning to Speak Iowan: Corn, Pigs, Cyclones and Hawkeyes Miriam Jordan 2011
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Discovered in 1982 at the age of 16 while detasseling corn, Cindy Crawford joined Elite Model Management one year later and hasn't looked back.
PHOTOS: Cindy Crawford Then & Now Emily Singer 2011
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It also ordered that in the future irrigation equipment be turned off before a detasseling crew can occupy the same field.
Midwest Teenage Rite Ends in Tragedy Douglas Belkin 2011
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Probably nothing a good conversation wouldn't overcome, and you never know what will happen on a farm where second date entertainment could include detasseling corn or even checking one another for ticks.
Bluff The Listener 2010
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Hannah's mother, Mary Kendall , said she never heard of anyone getting hurt detasseling and was happy her daughter applied for the job.
Midwest Teenage Rite Ends in Tragedy Douglas Belkin 2011
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Monsanto said it would pay for medical and funeral expenses, and has temporarily stopped detasseling in its seed-corn fields in the surrounding region.
Midwest Teenage Rite Ends in Tragedy Douglas Belkin 2011
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Clayton Hauck for The Wall Street Journal A crew finishes up a shift detasseling corn and heads back to the bus near Tampico, Ill.
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Clayton Hauck for The Wall Street Journal Corn detasseling is considered prime summer work for teenagers across much of the corn belt; almost everyone here has spent a summer detasseling or knows someone who has.
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Corn detasseling is considered prime summer work for teenagers across much of the corn belt; almost everyone here has spent a summer detasseling or knows someone who has.
Midwest Teenage Rite Ends in Tragedy Douglas Belkin 2011
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Two Girls Killed in Cornfield Accident Clayton Hauck for The Wall Street Journal Cory Brown, 15, finishes up a shift detasseling corn in a field just down the street from the scene of the accident.
Midwest Teenage Rite Ends in Tragedy Douglas Belkin 2011
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