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Definition of Corncribs
1. corncrib [n] - See also: corncrib
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corncribs
Literary usage of Corncribs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1871)
"The sun is now on the point of retiring for the night, although it is barely
three o'clock,.and the sight of the tall caches, like corncribs, which mark the ..."
2. Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York by Solomon Northup (1855)
"... corncribs, and several negro cabins. Near the house was -a peach orchard, and
gardens of orange and pomegranate trees. The space was entirely surrounded ..."
3. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1860)
"The lines of corncribs below Chillicothe, on some of the great bottoms, extend
sometimes half a mile in one continuous line, built of rails, ..."
4. Putnam's Magazine (1908)
"Even now you may see log corncribs a mile or so from the birthplace monument
which must be just such as were commonly built all over this region in the ..."
5. The Poets and Poetry of America by Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1856)
"Long while might I prolong this strain, Relating thence how great his gain ; How
he who held not from the poor, Now saw his corncribs running o'er ; And how ..."
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