| 单词 | corncob |
| 例句 | “If you got a corncob up you butt.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z About a hundred yards back we had noticed several corncobs along the shore of Fitches Brook. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Tam says, picking at his corncob, making his asking sound less curious than his Noise says it is. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Miss Sadie sat in a metal patio chair, smoking a corncob pipe and giving me instructions on how to put my weight into that shovel to turn up the dirt. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z His tail was as big as a wet corncob and every hair on his small body was sticking straight up. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Laura had only a corncob wrapped in a handkerchief, but it was a good doll. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It was about the shape of a corncob, only a little larger and hollowed out so that it could carry a bobbin or quill of weft thread. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know where to sit any more than I know how to eat the pink sausage snuggled inside bread shaped like a corncob, smeared with sauces yellow and red. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Even the smoke from his little corncob pipe smells good, the way it blends in. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z But Miss Sadie was sitting out back on her metal patio chair, smoking her corncob pipe, like she hadn’t budged since the day before. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Sissy brought Francie a present, a corncob pipe that you blew into and a rubber hen popped up and swelled over the pipe bowl. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Four corncobs have been laid there in the shape of an arrow. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Other people came in with their sick animals—a dog that had swallowed a corncob, a lethargic cat, a puppy that refused to eat. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z She would play with our chickens and young calves, with a piece of paper or a corncob. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Just smoking on his corncob pipe and looking kind of wistful. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I had about all I could do to feed corncobs into the stove to keep the oven heat even. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Gridlines make it like we on a charcoal grill, roasting like corncobs. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Smell of them cedar shavings is nice, too, or maybe it’s the smell from Mr. Woodwell’s corncob pipe. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Because there were no people at all in the dream, just missiles, bombs, and burning corncobs. An Exchange Between Etgar Keret and Sayed Kashua 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z To jolt and console his mind, Paul decides to begin experimenting with things like Skoal, corncob pipes and big, meaty cigars. Books of The Times: ‘Traveling Sprinkler’ Is Nicholson Baker’s New Novel 2013-09-09T21:31:25Z “It just popped into my head: I wonder if there’s anything we could do with corncobs,” she said. 5 Tony-Nominated Broadway Shows, 5 Stagecraft Secrets 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z In the 1950s, under the direction of Charles’s grandsons, the company, which remains family owned to this day, became famous for its original lamp designs, featuring corncobs, pinecones, and pineapples. A Maison Charles Lamp Is on the Block 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Among the objects lethally employed: a spear, a crossbow, a champagne bottle and a corncob. Review: ‘Preacher’ Goes to Heaven, Hell and Texas 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z There is a photo from that time of a teenage Hemingway, corncob pipe in his mouth, holding three good-size trout. When Hemingway Was a Young Fisherman in Michigan 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z And yes, it’s a corn kickline — 14 actors, holding 28 corncobs, lined up at the lip of the stage, making those cobs dance atop planks of kiln-dried ash. 5 Tony-Nominated Broadway Shows, 5 Stagecraft Secrets 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Smoked hams are especially popular in the United States, where smokehouses routinely burn hickory, applewood or even corncobs. Yes, Ham Can Be a Surprisingly Easy Spring Project 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z An ornate wrought-iron fire screen and a corncob chandelier that easily qualifies as proto-Pop, date from the 1920s, when he worked as an interior designer in Cedar Rapids. Grant Wood at the Whitney Both Thrills and Disappoints 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z “Cut loose from the world,” he added, “chewing on his corncob pipe, the boy was blissfully lost in this stillwater paradise.” Jonathan Raban, Adventurous Literary Traveler, Dies at 80 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z The book’s index also breaks down the projects by their materials, which include corncobs, flax, cardboard and packing tape. So small, they’re unreal 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z She wears bright blue eyeliner; he puffs on a corncob pipe. Movie Review: Wes Anderson’s ‘Moonrise Kingdom,’ With Bruce Willis 2012-05-24T22:46:29Z “It was so specific, down to the corncob holders,” Ms. Tack said. Who Owns a Recipe? A Plagiarism Claim Has Cookbook Authors Asking. 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z The wooden dialogue gives Liam Neeson little to do beyond bite on his corncob pipe and berate subordinates who dare question him. Review: ‘Operation Chromite’ Revisits a Korean War Invasion 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z Today, kids delight in stacking candy corn in a circle, points in, to create corncob towers. Trick or Treat? How candy corn become Halloween’s most divisive candy 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z The fastest and least messy method I’ve found for cutting the kernels off a corncob is to lay the ear flat on a cutting board, then slice off the kernels, turning as you cut. This Easy One-Pan Chicken Recipe Has a Trick Up Its Sleeve 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z Maybe the kid lives and your point gets proven and the people you were trying to prove wrong are so embarrassed they turn into corncobs. An open letter to the Tesla fan who wants to run over a kid to prove a point 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Frosty the Snowman In this animated classic, Jackie Vernon provides the voice of Frosty, the legendary snowman with a corncob pipe and a button nose. What's on TV Friday: 'Great Performances' Lea Salonga on PBS 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z García, 40, must ration the family’s last few sacks of tiny corncobs after drought and prolonged heatwaves linked to the climate emergency devastated crops across Guatemala. Drought and hunger: why thousands of Guatemalans are fleeing north 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z Or try the chicharrón de pollo: diced bits of chicken skin and meat, with the chopped bones acting like mini corncob holders, fried to an immaculate crispness. A Sailing Lesson on the Hudson, Followed by Nature, History and Good Eats in Inwood 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z As he later told this magazine, he slept in her birdhouse for a month, talking to her all the time; and they built a nest together out of corncobs and hay. The Trump Administration Finds a New Target: Endangered Species 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z “He said that his own people looked on him like he was a farmer wearing overalls and smoking a corncob pipe,” Guy recounted in his memoir. Buddy Guy Is Keeping the Blues Alive 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z “Just because it’s Thanksgiving doesn’t mean that you’re required to put pumpkins and corncobs all over an orange tablecloth,” said Curtis, of Table + Teaspoon. 7 tips for setting a perfect holiday table | Produced by Advertising Publications 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z All that remains for many families are tiny corncobs studded with discoloured grains that look like rotten teeth. Drought and hunger: why thousands of Guatemalans are fleeing north 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z A smaller structure is the corral, an enclosed space with benches and cubbyholes stocked with pinecones and corncobs. New nature play area opens in Michigan 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z On the other hand, Redditors will often point to a pile of corncobs and announce that it is the leading suspect in a bombing. Who’s really being silenced on Twitter? 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z On occasion, dad let us smoke his corncob pipe. A Father’s Lesson: Keep the Spirit Level 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z One father, Li Chaoxi, told the BBC that pupils were asked to bring corncobs to school to burn in order to heat their classrooms without violating the coal ban. China heating crisis prompts coal U-turn 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z The complex is a tall cylinder that resembles a corncob. Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z Even the enormous corncob flower spike looks prehistoric. Tropical-looking Gunnera will give your garden a Jurassic Park feel 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Discard the corncobs, then use an immersion blender to purée the mixture until somewhat smooth. A Signature Dish by Mario Batali 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z It will flood again, as will the cornfields to its south, where corncobs are harvested and turned into Missouri Meerschaum corncob pipes. Frontenac couple attempt to elevate Missouri River country 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z He’s got one with a wooden corncob on top, and another has a small rolling pin that he bought at an antiques shop. Walking Stick Man: Pontotoc resident’s hobby grows 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z Police say Osella used a potato gun to shoot corncobs at his neighbor's house, which is up for sale. Man charged with shooting corncobs at neighbor's home 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z I hadn’t realised the ‘corncob’ towers were even in Chicago, though I recognised them from Wilco’s “Yankee, Hotel Foxtrot” album cover. ‘Concrete can be beautiful’: readers' modernist American architecture photos 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z In the meantime, Weiss became a fixture in Building 20, identifiable by the corncob pipes he smoked until he suffered a mild heart attack in 1995. Meet the college dropout who invented the gravitational wave detector 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z Organic grit used to blast weed stems — soybean meal, walnut shells, corncobs and green sand — doubles as fertilizer. EXCHANGE: ‘Weed blaster’ technology a boost organic farming 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z The director of the job-training program then told Mrs. Clinton that the material was made of discarded corncobs. Hillary Clinton and the Huge 3D Printer 1455-01-09T05:00:00Z In a lab in Sacramento, California, a wall of plastic boxes lined with corncob bedding holds around 800 mice. Can Female Mice Improve Autism Research? 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z But his enlargements are of such edibles as a corncob and cuts of meat. Artists have come out to play 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z When the general’s corncob pipe disappeared on the way to a Senate hearing, it was Colonel Story who found it in the Army car that had taken them from the airport to the Capitol. A Watch With Lifetime Access to Ebbets Field Has Mysterious Origins 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z They are also one of the world’s great incubators of snack-food experimentation, where street vendors slather mayo and cheese on grilled corncobs, and carve mangoes into flowering fruit bouquets. The new snack craze on Mexico’s streets starts with Doritos, and goes from there Last year, Rushing began turning slivers of wood, acrylic, deer antlers and even corncobs into one of-a-kind pens. Sheriff by day, pen maker by night 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z Because as beautiful as morning fog over an Ozarks valley can be, kids in the backseat since the 1950s have wanted to see an old hillbilly smoking a corncob pipe. Recent shootings heap new attention on Ozarks 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z The big letters loom over the beaux arts Michigan Avenue Bridge and the great skyscrapers, from the wedding cake of the Wrigley Building to the corncobs of Marina City, that are visible from the span. Donald Trump: Giant sign on his Chicago tower is like Hollywood sign 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z The spinach-eating mariner with the pumped-up forearms and corncob pipe has been a subject the artist has explored for more than a decade in paintings. After Two Christie’s Auctions Top Expectations, Pace of Sales Slows at Sotheby’s 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z On that day in Cooperstown it wielded hypnotic power over us as we sat under the tent, our beer cans empty, our plates piled with chicken bones, cartilage, and denuded corncobs. More reasons to hate the Yankees: It’s history, and much worse than A-Rod 2014-03-21T23:00:00Z And the feather-light footprint of Hartwood — not much more than a wooden roof, some dried corncobs and an oven fashioned from earth and stone — means that the restaurant itself is rootless, too. Rewriting the Menu in Tulum, Mexico 2014-03-10T21:57:08Z "Usually it’s only charred remains of larger plant parts, such as corncobs, nuts, or seeds that show up in excavations." Starbucks of Ancient America? 2012-08-06T20:10:00Z Though he was not allowed to eat hard foods, in 2009 a supervisor left a corncob near B. W. during dinner, which he grabbed and swallowed whole, causing it to lodge in this throat. Two Lawsuits Detail Abuse of Disabled in New York State Care 2012-07-24T02:00:22Z They slept on mattresses stuffed with ground corncobs; the table was primitive; but there was plenty of cream and curds, eggs and butter, and there was the wonderful air. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z But the honest-looking fellow seemed quite contented, sitting in the shade of his woodpile smoking a corncob pipe, surrounded by a half dozen children. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z In 2012, the oil companies expect to pay even higher penalties for failing to blend in the fuel, which is made from wood chips or the inedible parts of plants like corncobs. Companies Face Fines for Not Using Unavailable Biofuel 2012-01-10T01:33:26Z It is formed of corncobs, steamed, having a number of transverse holes formed through them, dried, dipped in melted white resin, and wrapped in paper. Scientific American, Vol. XXXVII.?No. 2. [New Series.], July 14, 1877 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:29.743Z He sat down on a log and took out an old corncob pipe. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z I found a corncob pipe that the ship’s owner had been looking for for weeks. Test Pilot 2011-09-21T02:00:37.513Z On the bay about us, fishing boats were lazily bobbing up and down; in some, old bearded fishermen with broad hats, smoking clay and corncob pipes, were drying their seines. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Captain Steele was smoking an old corncob pipe. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z The corncobs are steamed to prevent them from breaking while being bored. Scientific American, Vol. XXXVII.?No. 2. [New Series.], July 14, 1877 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:29.743Z And then, Oh, my! how his heart went pitter-pat, for right in front of him, not forty hops away, sat Danny Fox on a three legged stool smoking a corncob pipe. Little Jack Rabbit and Chippy Chipmunk 2011-05-09T02:00:03.903Z When the last month of his twelve months' test came, he kept four days' fast, then burned some corncobs and rubbed his body with the ashes. American Indians 2011-04-21T02:00:55.200Z Huck's corncob pipe had always seemed to me one of the most persuasive symbols of true enjoyment. Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams 2011-03-28T02:00:24.120Z It was make out a corncob with arms and legs what moved and a real head, with eyes and hair and mouth painted on. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 2011-02-25T03:01:11.447Z Between his left forefinger and thumb he held a corncob, as a substitute for a stopper. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 2011-02-05T03:00:13.817Z To begin with, it was made from a mammoth corncob. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z Ever and anon she drew, with manifest enjoyment, at an old brown corncob pipe. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z The 69 families who live there wear festive Qiang costumes, dance to Qiang music and decorate every house with traditional emblems: corncobs, peppers, sheep skulls . . . and Chinese flags. China?s Arranged Remarriages 2010-05-08T12:45:00Z Presently, arrived an elderly gentleman in blue jeans, his chin ornamented with whisker and his mouth with a corncob pipe. A Top-Floor Idyl Harris Shein was smoking a paper cigarette, and one of the assistants, profiting by his employer's example, pulled a corncob pipe from his pocket. The Competitive Nephew "Le's see," said Rogers to his guest, taking a corncob pipe from the mantel and lighting it with a fire coal. Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge Her simple meal finished, she began to stuff her corncob pipe. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z When the others were gone, he uncrossed his legs, and crossed them the other way, and thrust the corncob into his pocket. The Missourian In either case it is as large as a medium-sized corncob, that the newly landed tourist is moved to stare thereat in open-eyed amazement. Where Half The World Is Waking Up The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions The man was puffing lazily at a corncob pipe. Heart of the Blue Ridge This fact has been proved by finding below the floors the signs of the old stalls, and up in the rafters the corncobs of long ago. A Portrait of Old George Town Mrs. Crump refilled and lighted her corncob with deliberation, then made response: “Sam, I’m sure in a thunderin’ bad pinch. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z But what man was here, in boots and woolen shirt, puffing angrily at a corncob, yet sitting in judgment supreme on the proud Hapsburg himself? The Missourian One evening, supper being over, Judge Priest lingered on in his low-ceiled dining room smoking his corncob pipe while Jeff cleared away the supper dishes. Sundry Accounts I can knock dat Mobile Buck An' smoke dat corncob pipe. Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise: With a Study Yes, there was a pile of splintered boards tossed roughly together not far from the back door, and the usual fuel of corncobs was below par. The Wind Before the Dawn “This here location is gettin’ right crowded,” she began, irritably, settling down and filling her corncob. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z He was a fat, comfortable-looking fellow, as he sat in tailor-fashion on the little wharf, smoking a corncob pipe as unconcernedly as though he had nothing to do all day but enjoy tobacco. Chasing an Iron Horse Or, A Boy's Adventures in the Civil War He lighted his pipe, whose bowl was a piece of corncob, and whiffed away in silence for a time, holding up one knee in his clasped hands. True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin The commodities studied at the Northern Regional Research Laboratory are the oilseeds, cereal grains and agricultural residues which include corncobs, stalks, straws, sugar cane bagasse, hulls and shells of nuts and fruit pits. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 They swung the great iron kettle over the pile of kindling and corncobs laid ready for lighting, and then carried water to fill it. The Wind Before the Dawn Ethan Allen was seated in his room in the barracks alone smoking a corncob pipe, a favorite with him and most Green Mountain farmers. The Hero of Ticonderoga or Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys So they got into the Scarecrow's boat, which was formed from a big corncob, hollowed out and pointed at both ends and decorated around the edges with brilliant jewels. Little Wizard Stories of Oz Instead, he sank to the rocky floor and meditatively drew from his belt the beloved corncob pipe. The Return of Blue Pete A number of fires have occurred in plants grinding nut shells, corncobs, stock feeds, and similar materials. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 About this time a brother mule-skinner enters, mouthing a corncob pipe. The Stars and Stripes The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919 The case-knife had once had a horn or wooden handle, but this had dropped off, and the iron that held the knife in place had been run into a corncob. Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country The Wizard and the Sawhorse also got aboard the corncob craft and together they returned to the Scarecrow's palace. Little Wizard Stories of Oz Hungrily the halfbreed's eyes roamed to the tobacco pouch spilled on the blotter; the old corncob pipe was fumbling expectantly in his big fist. The Return of Blue Pete The hard, friable character of most of the nut shells makes their reduction to fine size particles less difficult than for tough materials, such as corncobs, or fibrous materials such as woods. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 Uncle Jonah put a coal from the fire in the palm of his hand, and while Andy and Hortense watched breathlessly to see whether he would burn himself, he slowly lighted his corncob pipe. The Cat in Grandfather's House Some feeds, such as clover, and particularly second crop, produce it; foreign bodies, such as nails, wheat chaff, and corncobs becoming lodged in the mouth, also are causes. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse A, little barranca, exposing ashes, etc., which contained corncobs, and, in the upper parts of the clay, human bones. a, grave found by Mr. E. K. Walters, of Pecos; obliterated now. Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos Papers Of The Archæological Institute Of America, American Series, Vol. I As for ourself, we then poured out another tumbler, lit a corncob pipe, and meditated. Pipefuls Just now he was smoking a corncob pipe. Oh, You Tex! "That feller's as good as a circus," he asserted, taking off his coat again and lighting his corncob pipe. Mary Louise in the Country Poke Stover puffed away thoughtfully at the corncob pipe he was smoking. For the Liberty of Texas At this time of day its only occupants were the proprietor and a grizzled old farmer puffing at a corncob pipe. Canoe Boys and Campfires Adventures on Winding Waters There are pedants and bigots who insist that the jug must be stoppered with a corncob. Pipefuls He puffed at a corncob pipe, and through the smoke watched narrowly with keen eyes from under heavy grizzled brows a young man standing on the porch steps. Oh, You Tex! "That's so," said the old man, shaking the ashes from his corncob pipe; "but I reckon you'll have considerable trouble with coyotes and cattle thieves." Fred Fearnot's New Ranch and How He and Terry Managed It A cow with crumpled horn stands munching corncobs at the barn. Children of the Tenements Withered and hardened corncobs were found within them. A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 Each one was smoking a corncob pipe or rolling a quid of tobacco under his tongues. The Kentucky Ranger As he had said, it was not cold, and they sat down near the mouth of the tunnel, turned the tops of their sacks back over corncobs, and shelled the corn in silence. The Master-Knot of Human Fate Submit had never had a doll, except a few plebeian ones, manufactured secretly out of corncobs, whom it took more imagination than she possessed to admire. Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know At least, the dark-faced little girls had dolls made of corncobs and wood, with painted faces, and they wrapped them in tiny blankets. Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's Walls had been laid across the entrances, and inside were corncobs and other evidences usual in this region, now so well known. A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 He was smoking tobacco contained in a corncob pipe. The Kentucky Ranger The minister laughed, and puffed away at his corncob pipe. Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers Found it jest after I lost my corncob, too. The Outdoor Girls at Ocean View Or, The Box That Was Found in the Sand "Sit down, gentlemen," the Toon Leader invited, going to a cupboard and producing a large bottle stoppered with a corncob and a number of small cups. The Return In the meantime Sid Todd went off, to return with a ranch wagon, driven by an old man smoking a corncob pipe. Dave Porter at Star Ranch Or, The Cowboy's Secret He would have surveyed it with calm, shrewd deliberation, taken his corncob pipe out of his mouth, knocked the ashes out of it, and proceeded to business. Tom Slade at Black Lake Zenas Henry Brewster sat on the edge of his veranda, his long legs crossed before him with a certain angular grace and his corncob pipe held rigidly between his teeth. Flood Tide "Sit down, gentlemen," the Toon Leader invited, going to a cupboard and producing a large bottle stopped with a corncob and a number of small cups. The Return Among the d�bris in the dwellings are found corncobs and other evidences of the food used by the inhabitants. Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Indians of New Mexico in 1880 Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 429-466 For soda these women burned corncobs and mixed the ashes with their corn-meal. The Battle of Principles A Study of the Heroism and Eloquence of the Anti-Slavery Conflict "I ain't never set back mo' than was respectable in a man of ninety," croaked old Adam indignantly, while he prodded the ashes in his corncob pipe with his stubby forefinger. The Miller Of Old Church She held out his old corncob pipe, filled to perfection. 'Way Down East A Romance of New England Life Here was but one individual, a man in his shirt-sleeves who was smoking a corncob pipe and bending over a test tube. Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross That the ancient cave-dwellers were agriculturists is evident from the numerous corncobs, as well as grains of corn and beans, that we came upon. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan Old Belz put the stuff into an earthenware bottle, which he corked with a corncob. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned Thoroughly out of patience Kenny flung the basket of corncobs at the farmer's head. Kenny At this question Captain Starr leaped to his feet, allowing his corncob pipe to fall to the ground. The Rover Boys on the River The Search for the Missing Houseboat These yards of waxed rags were wound around a corncob or a bottle, then clipped, leaving about two yards "closely wound" to each candle. Memories A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War Shall we say, the colour of a corncob pipe, singed and tawnied by much smoking? Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned "Nonsense, it'll do him good, my sweet little Johnnie," she assured her daughter, knocking her corncob pipe over the coal scuttle like a man. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative "You don't say so, Maria!" responded Uncle Josh, pulling vigorously on his corncob pipe. More Toasts He found Captain Starr on the front deck of the houseboat smoking his corncob as usual. The Rover Boys on the River The Search for the Missing Houseboat Uncle Wiggily was hopping along through the woods one day, and pretty soon, as he went past a cute little house, made out of corncobs, he heard some one calling to him. Uncle Wiggily's Travels No, Sister Sallie wasn't with them this time, having stayed at home to wheel her corncob doll in the carriage her brothers had made for her. Lulu, Alice and Jimmie Wibblewobble I'll bet she still clings grimly to an astral corncob pipe somewhere in space. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative Hope's doll was made of a corncob; the face was painted on a piece of linen stretched over a ball of wool on the end of the cob. The Child's World Third Reader When they came out on the deck they found Captain Starr sitting on a bench smoking a corncob pipe. The Rover Boys on the River The Search for the Missing Houseboat But he started back to the corncob house to tell Mrs. Cat that he couldn't find her Snowball. Uncle Wiggily's Travels She drew forth two flasks, each stoppered with a bit of corncob. The Way of a Man Her corncob pipe—it was as rank a thing as ditch digger ever poisoned the clean air with. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative His straggly, gray whiskers were badly stained with tobacco from his constant companion—an old, corncob pipe. Buffalo Roost If it is impossible to get hardwood use corncobs rather than soft wood. Every Step in Canning "You can build yourself a nice little corncob house next to ours," said Snowball, "and live in it; and you can tell me a story every night." Uncle Wiggily's Travels Mandy seated herself comfortably upon a log, and producing a corncob pipe and a quantity of natural leaf tobacco, proceeded to enjoy herself in her own fashion. The Way of a Man All the space between the house and vineyard, in every direction, was strewn with corncobs and remnants of haystacks, while straw and manure were banked against the house to keep the cellar warm. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 33, December, 1873 He is burly, ruddy, gray-haired, and fond of corncob pipes, dark beer, and sausages. Shandygaff The corncobs will leave a dirty deposit on the meat, which is carbon. Every Step in Canning "Oh, but rabbits live underground, and not in corncob houses, though such houses are very nice," said Uncle Wiggily. Uncle Wiggily's Travels The man who sits all day in his shirt sleeves smoking a corncob pipe, clipping up with large scissors vast piles of newspapers, is exchange editor. Walking-Stick Papers There is a singular affinity among those who smoke corncobs. Mince Pie Over on the candy counter was a tray of corncob pipes. The "Goldfish" 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. Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada "Now for some dresses!" exclaimed Sister Sallie, who had put her own corncob doll under some grass to sleep. Buddy and Brighteyes Pigg Bed Time Stories He scurried off with it, chucklingly, like a barnyard hen with a corncob, to peck at it in solitude. Stories from Everybody's Magazine A corncob pipe is a humble badge of philosophy, an evidence of tolerance and even humor. Mince Pie In the meantime it might be a good idea to take your brains out, brush the cobwebs off its cogs and apply a little kerosene with a corncob. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 It was a bright moonlight night, and I sat up with a corncob pipe and a robust determination to have fresh beef for breakfast if that padlock failed to do its duty. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 A pot of white heather stood on the table, and a corncob pipe lay on the sideboard. The Haunted Bookshop Near by, in a chair tipped against the wall, sat the watchman, corncob pipe in hand, head drooping, eyes closed, mouth ajar. The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf When corncob pipes went up from a nickel to six cents, smoking traditions tottered. Mince Pie Andrew, hearing a sharp crackling, looked down at his host and observed that the trapper had bitten clean through the stem of his corncob. Way of the Lawless I gave Pete a new corncob pipe as he was leaving. The Long Labrador Trail I was met in the bare unpainted hall by a dropsical man of nearly sixty, holding a dim candle, a wax-myrtle dip wrapped on a corncob. The Cavalier He read it over and over, and then, laying it on the kitchen table, filled and lighted a corncob pipe. Windy McPherson's Son Yesterday we went out to buy our annual corncob, and were agreeably surprised to learn that the price is still six cents; but our friend the tobacconist said that it may go up again soon. Mince Pie The bony fingers of one hand were wrapped around the corncob, which was his inseparable companion, and in the other he held the cloth with which he had been drying dishes. Way of the Lawless I remember corncob pipe you give me, and what I tell you. The Long Labrador Trail My next step was to buy a corncob pipe and a quantity of rank, jet-black tobacco. Not George Washington — an Autobiographical Novel A corncob pipe lay smoking among the covers of the bed, and during most of the talk he sat with one shoe held in his hand as though about to put it on. Windy McPherson's Son A corncob is sadly hot and raw until it is well sooted, but the ultimate flavor is worth persecution. Mince Pie In appearance it resembles a combination of the pineapple and the corncob, and to the base a portion of the coral-stem to which it had been anchored by its considerate parent was firmly attached. My Tropic Isle Old Mizzou smoked incessantly on a corncob pipe charged with a peculiarly pungent variety of tobacco, which filled the air with a blue vapour, and penetrated unpleasantly into Bennington's mucous membranes. The Claim Jumpers Both these extremities rested on the rail of the porch, while McNutt smoked a corncob pipe and stared at his approaching visitors with his disconcerting, protruding eyes. Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville Big Abel shuffled into the cabin and came back with his corncob pipe and a lighted taper. The Battle Ground The corncob pipes we always buy come from Boonville, Mo., and we don't see why we shouldn't blow a little whiff of affection and gratitude toward that excellent town. Mince Pie The smoke of his corncob pipe trailed lazily behind him. Man on the Box A tall, bewhiskered man, smoking a corncob pipe, leaned upon the rail fence, regarding the strangers with lazy interest. Viola Gwyn "I never thought I had no call to stick my nose inter other folkses privit doin's," he said, after a few puffs at the corncob pipe. Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville Aunt Ailsey took up a corncob pipe from the stones and fell to smoking. The Battle Ground Think, therefore, of the charm of a town where corncob pipes are the chief industry. Mince Pie Smoking his corncob pipe the Professor paced his rooms at the Royal Victoria, and mentally consigned Prince Djiddin and his indefatigable Moonshee to Eblis, the Inferno, Sheol, or some other ardent corner of Limbo. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story Then he fished a corncob pipe from his coattail pocket and stuffed it full of tobacco from a small buckskin bag hanging at the end of the mantel. Viola Gwyn "I saw a picture in one of my books of an Indian girl, and she had a doll made of corn silk and a corncob and some tree bark." The Bobbsey Twins in the Great West The mountaineer left the shadow of the fence corner and slowly dragged himself into the little glow, where he sat puffing at his corncob pipe. The Battle Ground What is the subtle magic of a corncob pipe? Mince Pie Here Hands proceeded to light his corncob pipe with an ash from the fire, all the time keeping his beady eyes fixed upon that part of me where he knew the talisman was hung. She and Allan It was a forgotten corncob pipe of the Professor's, blackened and sooty. Parnassus on Wheels She supposed herself to be in deep meditation, and regarded her corncob pipe not merely a solace but also as an invaluable assistant to clearness of thought. Miss Lou "And I want a corncob cake," went on Flop. Curly and Floppy Twistytail; the Funny Piggie Boys Missouri's reputation for incredulity may be due to the corncob habit. Mince Pie I sat on the floor while father and the boys worked, listening to their talk, as I built corncob castles so high they toppled from their many stories. Moths of the Limberlost Roger got out his corncob pipe, and I sat close to him. Parnassus on Wheels Since that time she had done a power of "projeckin'" over her corncob pipe, but events were now hurrying toward conclusions beyond her ken. Miss Lou They ran out of the fort they had made of corncobs piled one on the other, and they saw their little baby sister being carried off by the fox. Curly and Floppy Twistytail; the Funny Piggie Boys Well, Cynthia, when your inquiry reached me I propped my feet on the desk, got out the corncob pipe and thought things over. Mince Pie One morning Wagg came with a stool and a rifle and located himself close beside the armchair; he sat on the stool and rested the rifle across his knees and smoked a corncob pipe placidly. When Egypt Went Broke It seemed to me as if I could see him sitting there, with his corncob pipe in his hand and that quizzical little face of his looking sharply at me. Parnassus on Wheels Even in weaving on the looms, corncobs have been substituted for spindles. The Sequel of Appomattox : a chronicle of the reunion of the states "Oh, I think I'll build myself a little house out of corncobs," said Flop, "and then I'll go over and tell Jennie Chipmunk that she can put her rag doll to sleep in it." Curly and Floppy Twistytail; the Funny Piggie Boys At last, Kent, with a cry of triumph, dragged from a place of cunning concealment a small jug, stopped with a corncob. The Red Acorn Margaret's sisters had dolls made of corncobs, and rag babies with painted faces like the one Margaret had thrown into the river and drowned; but Margaret turned up her nose at them all. Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret Whether that mattress was stuffed with corncobs or broken crockery, there is no telling, but I rolled about a good deal, and could not sleep for a long time. Moby Dick: or, the White Whale In one corner was a bushel of corncobs, some of them two or three years old, which he had stolen from a cornfield near by in the early autumn mornings. Secret of the Woods Here Patty swept the hearth vigorously with a turkey wing and added a few corncobs to the fire. Story of Waitstill Baxter The other youth, who stood with his back to the fire smoking a corncob, was big and burly, with dead brown hair brushed forward and a Norfolk jacket. The Club of Queer Trades |
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