can of corn
Example Sentences
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“I have to learn for this baby,” Zabih said, as he wedged a butter knife into a can of corn to open it.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2022
Judge had his moment later, launching a three-run smash in the third — it was no can of corn, sailing to deep right.
From Washington Times • Aug. 12, 2021
The episode had earned Lauren surprise gifts of corn nuggets from a respiratory therapist and a can of corn from an EMS technician.
From Washington Post • Apr. 13, 2015
B elt follows with a fly out, can of corn, right to A-Jax for the first out, and now it's the slugger, little Gregor Blanco, who had a triple back in the second inning.
From The Guardian • Oct. 28, 2012
And that made me wonder if she was the one who’d stolen the can of corn the night before, which got me a little mad.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
