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cornfloor

noun

Etymology

From corn + floor.

  1. derived from *pleh₂-✻ — “flat”
  2. inherited from *pleh₂ros✻ — “floor”
  3. inherited from *flōraz✻ — “ground; floor”
  4. inherited from *flōr✻
  5. inherited from flōr — “floor, pavement; deck; gangplank”
  6. inherited from floor
  7. compounded as cornfloor — “corn + floor”

Definitions

  1. A threshing floor.

    • "Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor."

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA