corned

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corned

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From corn + -ed. Piecewise doublet of grained.

adjective

not comparable Consisting of grains; granulated.
not comparable, of meat Preserved in salt. Here’s a grocery list of foods Chestnut has eaten competitively, drawn from his Major League Eating bio: apple pie, asparagus, boysenberry pie, brats, burritos, chicken spiedies (a kind of sandwich), chicken wings, chili, corned beef sandwiches, eggs, fish tacos, funnel cake, grilled cheese sandwich
not comparable, obsolete, slang Drunk. A year ago last Fo'th July / A lot of the boys was here. / We all got corned and signed the pledge / For to drink no more that year.

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of corn

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adj preserved in salt

Ελληνικά	παστός pastós

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@misc{corned_2026,
  title = {corned},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/corned},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}