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Cornball
Meaning
Noun
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In Maize (food):
A
ball
of
popped corn
stuck
together with
soft
candy
from
molasses
or sugar.
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In American English, Maize (food) & People:
An
unsophisticated
person.
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In American English, Maize (food) & People:
Something or someone
excessively
corny.
Adj
●
In Maize (food) & People:
Naive, corny.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
cornball
English
ball
English
bal
Middle English (1100-1500)
corn
English
corn
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
corn
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
Sourced from
Etym
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