corn-fed
Example Sentences
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From an average family in Minnesota, Tom is an outsider economically and culturally — “a corn-fed basic from Hockeytown,” as a rival memorably puts it.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2019
For one thing, the athletic conference founded in 1897 and comprised of corn-fed flagship Midwestern universities, now has 14 members.
From Slate • May 10, 2018
He buys corn-fed beef that he is dry-aging and broiling.
From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2017
He’s a divorced dad with three daughters who calls himself “a corn-fed bred, crawdad-huntin’ Missouri boy.”
From Washington Times • Jan. 20, 2017
In other words, it’s not eating meat so much as eating corn-fed meat that is bad for us.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
