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corn picker

noun

  1. a machine for picking the ears of corn from standing stalks and removing the husks.


corn-picker

noun

  1. a machine for removing ears of maize from the standing stalks, often also equipped to separate the corn from the husk and shell
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • corn picking noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of corn picker1

An Americanism dating back to 1940–45
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The Palladium-Item reports Jonathon “Jesse†Martin was found dead by emergency responders on Monday after a family member discovered him entangled in a tractor-powered corn picker.

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The Wayne County sheriff’s office says Martin, who had been operating the corn picker, was trapped while attempting to clean the machine.

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The father of three was harvesting corn for cattle feed in November 2013 when he stopped his tractor and climbed down from the puttering machine to make sure the corn picker it was pulling was functioning properly.

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That was the case for Jamie Houdek, who lost his right hand to a corn picker on the 60-acre hobby farm where he works part-time raising beef cattle in Little Falls, Minnesota.

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A corn picker grabbed his foot and took parts of both his legs in 1958, leading to a 98-day hospital stay and 28 operations.

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