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carrying corn

carrying corn is the present participle and gerund of carry corn.

Meaning of carry corn

Verb

carry corn (third-person singular simple present carries corn, present participle carrying corn, simple past and past participle carried corn)

  1. (colloquial, dated) To (be able to) handle success or prosperity in an equable manner.
    • 'A bad workman blames his tools' is widely taken as an accepted classic truth […] Perhaps French also contains its exasperated partner: 'If you want a thing done well, do it yourself'. One of my relatives had a favourite image for men who failed such tests: 'He can't carry corn'. He wasn't...2003, Richard Hoggart, Everyday Language and Everyday Life, page 95

Questions about carrying corn

What is carrying corn the present participle and gerund of?
Carrying corn is the present participle and gerund of carry corn.

Words near carrying corn in the dictionary

  1. carrying baskets
  2. carrying capacities
  3. carrying capacity
  4. carrying coals to Newcastle
  5. carrying conviction
  6. carrying corn
  7. carrying everything before one
  8. carrying forward
  9. carrying off
  10. carrying on
  11. carrying on like a pork chop

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