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cornball
\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: corn ball “ball of popped corn and molasses” (influenced in meaning by corn (I) “something corny” & screwball, meatball)
slang : an unsophisticated person : rube, hick; also : something corny
< such cornball phrasing as “on the boards” — Walter Kerr > |