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corn-fed

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corn-fed (kôrnfd)
adj.
1. Fed on corn: corn-fed pigs.
2. Slang Healthy and strong, but provincial and unsophisticated.
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Adj.1.corn-fed - fed on corn; "corn-fed livestock"
nourished - being provided with adequate nourishment
2.corn-fed - strong and healthy but not sophisticated
provincial - characteristic of the provinces or their people; "deeply provincial and conformist"; "in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial"; "narrow provincial attitudes"


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Order one of its USDA prime Nebraska, corn-fed, 35-day dry-aged steaks like the 8-ounce petite cut New York ($34), and you might notice a lack of juice.
Yes, I am proud to say I'm a corn-fed, flannel-wearing, hamburger-eating Nebraskan.
has developed a commanding market as the home of corn-fed beef, the beef and corn industries have only recently begun to study the specifics of how corn kernel characteristics influence cattle performance.
 
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