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cornfed en · ADJ

Etymology

From corn + fed.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, of an animal) Fed on corn.
  2. (derogatory, informal, of a person, sometimes) Sheltered; uncultured.
    • a cornfed hillbilly
    • Rock's friends, his real friends, present a picture of a nice guy: a Midwestern cornfed boy who heads west to Hollywood to break into pictures 1980 August 30, Gordon Gottlieb, “Rock Hudson: A Sphinx Without Secrets”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 6, page 8:
  3. (informal, of a vehicle) Running on ethanol (E85).

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