| 单词 | corn-pit |
| 释义 | > as lemmascorn-pit corn-pit n. (a) (South African) a deep hole for storing maize and corn.; (b) (U.S.) the part of an Exchange where the business in Indian corn is carried on. ΚΠ 1883 J. Edwards Remin. (1886) 83 In the ‘corn pits’ were..to be seen scores of human skulls. 1891 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 20 Nov. 8/3 For a time this morning there was a panic in the corn-pit, and the November option of that cereal sold up 7 cents from the closing price of yesterday. < as lemmas |
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