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A cornjerker is a laborer who harvested crops in times before modern machinery, when sweet corn was pulled or jerked from the stalk. The leaves were shucked off and the golden ears were thrown in a wooden wagon pulled by a team of mules. This was called "cornjerking".
"Mr. Shuck ‘n’ Jive" is a song written by Jimmy Webb for Art Garfunkel's 1977 album Watermark. The lyrics refer to an old friend telling far-fetched stories of past glory and their current diminished state. A cover was released in 1981 by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson for their joint album WWII.
Corn on the cob is a culinary term for a cooked ear of sweet corn eaten directly off the cob. [1] The ear is picked while the endosperm is in the "milk stage" so that the kernels are still tender. Ears of corn are steamed, boiled, or grilled usually without their green husks, or roasted with them.
Shucking corn can be a big hassle for some, but not for this pup! As Dad holds the ear of the corn, he pulls the husk leaf off of the corn. Farm dog is an expert at shucking corn
shuck the husk of an ear of corn (maize), an oyster shell, etc.; used in plural to mean something worthless or as an interjection ("shucks!"); (verb) to remove the shuck; also, to discard, get rid of, remove ("I shucked my coat") shyster* A lawyer or accountant of dubious ethical standards.
Corn, however, was a very common subject of work songs on a typical plantation. Because the crop was the main component of most Africans' diet, [citation needed] they would often sing about it regardless of whether it was being harvested. Often, communities in the south would hold "corn-shucking jubilees," during which an entire community of ...
1. Englishman, Briton, or person of British descent; an English or British immigrant [289] 2. English or British ship [290] line 1. Untruth or exaggeration, often told to seek or maintain approval from others e.g. "to feed one a line" [291] 2. Insincere flattery [287] lip 1. Underworld attorney i.e. criminal attorney e.g.
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