cornfloor
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]cornfloor (plural cornfloors)
- (archaic) A threshing floor.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Hosea 9:1:
- "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."
References
[edit]- “cornfloor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.