as in rustical
tiresomely obvious and unsophisticated the comedian's cornpone wisecracks were old even in the days of vaudeville

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Adjective
  • There’s a fair share of cornball dialogue in Cornelius Uliano and Bryan Schulz’s screenplay, as well as an excess of reassuring schmaltz at the fadeout.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Another scream for this bad, unabashedly cornball line.
    Evan Minsker, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • Amazon has offered me a glimmer of hope with its selection of customizable tiny houses from modern designs to rustic, cabin options that are less than $12,000.
    Rylee Johnston, People.com, 3 Aug. 2025
  • Of the three rustic lodges built at Zion, Bryce Canyon and the North Rim to accomplish that purpose, the Grand Canyon Lodge was the most important and the most historically intact.
    Joanna Allhands, AZCentral.com, 2 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Cattle—even corn-fed ones—tend to spend much of their life on pasture eating grass, which leads to a lot of methane burps, but growing that grass is not carbon intensive.
    Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Never underestimate a corn-fed basic from Hockeytown.
    Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2023
Adjective
  • The analogy might be hokey, but the sentiment makes some sense.
    Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2025
  • Reusing the John Williams music from Richard Donner’s 1978 film felt a little hokey as well.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
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“Cornpone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cornpone. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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