cornfactor
cornfactor is the alternative form of corn-factor.
Meaning of corn-factor
Noun
corn-factor (plural corn-factors)
- A trader in grains.
- For years and years it had gone off in splendid style as long as any one could remember; ever since Kate and Julia, after the death of their brother Pat, had left the house in Stoney Batter and taken Mary Jane, their only niece, to live with them in the dark gaunt house on Usher's Island, the upper...1904–1907 (date written), James Joyce, “The Dead”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, published June 1914, →OCLC, pages 216–217
- Synonyms:
- grain agent, seedsman
Forms of cornfactor
| plural | cornfactors |
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Questions about cornfactor
- What is cornfactor the alternative form of?
- Cornfactor is the alternative form of corn-factor.
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