English

Noun

corn-cobs

1. plural of corn-cob
   • 1881, Thomas Hughes, Rugby, Tennessee, Macmillan and Co., page 58:

     She and her husband managed to fix up a false floor in one of their rooms in which they fed the roosters; so whenever a picket came in sight her call would bring the whole family out of the woods and clearing into the refuge, where they remained peacefully amongst corn-cobs till the danger had passed.