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ˈcorn-cutting
[f. corn n.2]
A. vbl. n. The profession of cutting corns.
B. ppl. a. That cuts corns professionally.
a1613Overbury A Wife, etc. (1638) 203 (A Quacksalver) His maine cunning is Corn-cutting. 1756W. Toldervy Two Orphans I. 197 He professes corn-cutting only in London. 1764Foote Mayor of G. i. Wks. 1799 I. 164 You blood-letting, tooth-drawing, corn-cutting..glistering—. |