cobette

English

Etymology

From cob +‎ -ette.

Noun

cobette (plural cobettes)

1. A small portion of corn on the cob, less than the whole ear.
   • 2002, Patricia Hickman, Sandpebbles, page 194:

     I'll cook clams, lobsters—hot-and-spicy red potatoes and corn cobettes.

   • 2006, Progress Report, volume 15, page 54:

     Processing budgets were completed for these seven frozen products: strawberries, strawberry jam, sliced green beans, cut corn, corn (cobettes), sliced apples, and apple puree.

   • 2011, Rehana Incognito, Bodycage, page 304:

     Sitting late one night again in a burger bar, where I munched into some fries and a corn cobette, I mentioned my vegetarianism to Joshua and how I just felt a deep-rooted belief it was morally wrong to kill animals for us to eat […]