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Popcorn   /pˈɑpkˌɔrn/   Listen
Popcorn

noun
1.
Corn having small ears and kernels that burst when exposed to dry heat.  Synonym: Zea mays everta.
2.
Small kernels of corn exploded by heat.



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"Popcorn" Quotes from Famous Books



... gone, leaving a trail of laughter behind them. From the open window of the room below came the slip-slap of cards on the polished table surface, and the low buzz of occasional conversation as the players held postmortems. Under the street light the popcorn vender's cart made a blot on the mystic beauty of the scene below. But the perfume of my red roses came to me, and their velvet caressed my check, and beyond the noise and lights of the street lay that ...
— Dawn O'Hara, The Girl Who Laughed • Edna Ferber

... skilled sort possessed of sufficient means to bring hither their families, including the baby; there were section-hands and foremen, slashers, mule spinners, beamers, French-Canadians, Irish, Scotch, Welsh and English, Germans, with only an occasional Italian, Lithuanian, or Jew. Peanut and popcorn men, venders of tamales and Chile-con-carne hoarsely shouted their wares, while from afar could be heard the muffled booming of a band. Janet's heart beat faster. She regarded with a tinge of awe the vast expanse of tent ...
— The Crossing • Winston Churchill

... feed to the elephants," said Bunny. "Elephants love popcorn and peanuts a lot. Of course Sue and I could eat a little," ...
— Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue on an Auto Tour • Laura Lee Hope

... why many people eat great quantities of food without realizing it, is the common delusion that many articles such as candy, fruits, nuts, peanuts, popcorn, often eaten between meals, "do not count." Another common oversight is to overlook accessories, such as butter and cream, which may contain more actual food value than all the rest of a meal put together. Ice-cream and other desserts also have more food value than is usually ...
— How to Live - Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science • Irving Fisher and Eugene Fisk



Words linked to "Popcorn" :   popcorn ball, corn, Indian corn, Zea mays, edible corn, maize



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