cornpatch
cornpatch noun: a patch of corn.
Noun
cornpatch (plural cornpatches)
- A patch of corn.
- She believed it was time to show the boy, to let him see with his own eyes, the difference between living free in the land of the buffalo and being trapped in the mud-log huts and cornpatches of the Mandan.1966 March, Will Henry [pseudonym; Henry Wilson Allen], “The Pale Eyes”, in The Last Warpath, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published May 1982, →ISBN, pages 9–10
- He paused by the edge of the lifeless-looking cornpatch, drew a drink from one of his skins to start the saliva, and spat into the arid soil.1978 October, Stephen King, “The Gunslinger”, in Edward L[ewis] Ferman, editor, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, volume 55, number 4 (whole 329), Cornwall, Conn.: Mercury Press, Inc....
Forms of cornpatch
| plural | cornpatches |
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Origin of cornpatch
From corn + patch.
Questions about cornpatch
- What does cornpatch mean?
- Cornpatch means a patch of corn.
- What part of speech is cornpatch?
- Cornpatch is a noun.
- What is the plural of cornpatch?
- The plural of cornpatch is cornpatches.
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