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单词 corn-cutting
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corn-cuttingn.adj.

Etymology: < corn n.2Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcorn-cutting.
A. n.
The profession of cutting corns.
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corn-cutting1615
1615 T. Overbury et al. New & Choise Characters with Wife (6th impr.) sig. M2 His maine cunning, is Corne-cutting.
1756 W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans I. 197 He professes corn-cutting only in London.
B. adj.
That cuts corns professionally.
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the world > health and disease > healing > healer > paramedic > [adjective] > corn-cutting
corn-cutting1764
1764 S. Foote Mayor of Garret i. 6 You blood-letting, tooth-drawing, corn-cutting..glistering ——.
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