cornerstone
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The F1 broadcast is both commercial-free and aired without cornpone commentary or slapstick sidebars.
From Washington Times • Oct. 26, 2021
He knows people see his gigantic mustache, hear his cornpone accent and predilection for bombarding everyone with folksy figures of speech, and underestimate him.
From Salon • Aug. 7, 2021
All are set in the South — and McBride, a Georgia-born Virginian, ramps up the accents for cornpone comic effect.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2019
They didn’t play Boys Don’t Cry’s 1986 synth-rock cornpone hit “I Wanna Be a Cowboy,” which honestly is what “Old Town Road” reminds me of most, not that there’s anything wrong with that.
From Slate • Apr. 12, 2019
Us could use 'em to git up plenty of bread and milk, or cornpone soaked wid peas and pot likker.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration
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