corncob
/kawrn-kob/US // ˈkɔrnˌkɒb //UK // (ˈkɔːnˌkɒb) //
玉米棒子,玉米棒,棒子,玉米芯
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : the elongated woody core in which the grains of an ear of corn are embedded.
- : Also called corncob pipe . a tobacco pipe with a bowl made from a corncob.
Examples
Her corncob pipe—it was as rank a thing as ditch digger ever poisoned the clean air with.
The Wizard and the Sawhorse also got aboard the corncob craft and together they returned to the Scarecrow's palace.
But he started back to the corncob house to tell Mrs. Cat that he couldn't find her Snowball.
But half an hour has passed, and Jehu is again on the box, the nags as fresh as daisies, and as full as a corncob.
The bowl of his corncob pipe had lost its spark of life and he sucked absently at the cold, bitterish stem.
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