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Corny   Listen
adjective
Corny  adj.  
1.
Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn. (R.) "The corny ear."
2.
Containing corn; tasting well of malt. (R.) "A draught of moist and corny ale."
3.
Tipsy. (Vulgar, Eng.)
4.
Overly or simplistically sentimental. (informal)
5.
Trite or tiresome; too weak to be effective; said of unsubtle attempts at humor; as, a corny joke; a corny skit. (informal)





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"Corny" Quotes from Famous Books



... get some from the middle of the stack, Kathleen, and be quick; we have others to attend besides the tithe proctor. There's the O'Tooles all come in, and your own Corny is with them." ...
— Japhet, In Search Of A Father • Frederick Marryat


Words linked to "Corny" :   unoriginal, corn, platitudinal, platitudinous, bromidic


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