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Definition of "corncob pipe" []

  • A pipe with a bowl made of a dried hollowed corncob. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "corncob pipe" in a sentence
  • "Did you know that every corncob pipe in the western hemisphere comes from this town?"
  • "Like other flamboyantly egotistical and successful warriors — George S. Patton, who wore pearl-handled revolvers and high riding boots while commanding tanks, or Douglas MacArthur sloshing ashore (toward an army cameraman) on a newly captured Pacific island, wearing sunglasses and his self-designed, gold-braided hat, his trademark corncob pipe clenched between his teeth — Beatty used visual imagery to capture popular fancy."