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corn
noun- something that is excessively sentimental US, 1936
Originally applied to all music that was not jazz in the 1930s, and then eased into general usage. - [A]nd, to top off the ridiculous and embarrassing performance, she threw on the corn. — Jim Thompson, The Grifters, p. 12, 1963
- sentimental, maudlin, mawkish music US, 1936
- I thought George was going to knock out some of the usual corn. — Mezz Mezzrow, Really the Blues, p. 25, 1946
- whisky US
- If “Harry Belfonte” could make it after being a restauranteur, I can sure do alright “pouring the corn.” — Babs Gonzales, I Paid My Dues, p. 157, 1967
- any alcoholic beverage TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1986
- — Lise Winer, Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago, 2003
- money US, 1837
Both corn and money are seen as staples of life. - Clifton was bringing home corn and, in her eyes, that meant her elder son was doing well[.] — Karline Smith, Moss Side Massive, p. 54, 1994
- C.R.E.A.M. Cash Rules Everything Around Me. It’s just an old word for money. After bread and readies, but before corn and cheddar and ducats and collats. About the same time as wonga. — Diran Adebayo, My Once Upon A Time, p. 59, 2000
- I was really relying on that corn. — Dog Eat Dog, 2000
- when the establishment Mafioso realise how much gilt, paper, cashish, wonga, wedge, corn, cutter, loot, spondos, dollar, readies, shillings, folding, dough, money is on offer — J.J. Connolly, Layer Cake, p. 94, 2000
- a hard scar produced by repeated drug injections US
- — Eugene Landy, The Underground Dictionary, p. 58, 1971
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