as in cornball
tiresomely obvious and unsophisticated
the comedian's cornpone wisecracks were old even in the days of vaudeville
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Generations of ski families flocked to his films every fall to get revved up for a new ski season and laugh at his cornball humor.
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Davis and Head make strong impressions, masking the pedestrian, sometimes cornball dialogue.
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The interior design mirrors the rustic aesthetic and is finished in drywall, with wooden trim, plus vinyl plank flooring.
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This rustic teak love seat can work in lots of spaces, like on the perimeter of your garden or outside your shed, while the modern Brighton rug is perfect for streamlining an outdoor conversation set.
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Growing up in Brookville, OH, my family would call this kid corn-fed.
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The Lycra Company has corn-fed stretch.
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Like the hokey gag of Lineker pretending to introduce the show before Woods interrupted.
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The session included newer compositions from Rollins, Davis, and Theolonious Monk alongside the theoretically hokey showtunes that Davis would help turn into standards.
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Where the most hopelessly corny sayings are painstakingly stitched into the equivalent of cloth graph paper by women who believe in the sayings and give the plaques to people who do not believe in the sayings.
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Even the weddings that work overtime to prevent a kind of corniness from slipping in wind up being twice as corny in their own way.
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“Cornpone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cornpone. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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