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cornball

[kawrn-bawl] / ˈkɔrnˌbɔl /












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The music won over the suits, and the Bayou Boys soon had their own daily program, “Hayloft Hoedown,” a mix of blistering, acoustic-only live performances and manic cornball comedy skits.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Once I noticed that the supermarket where I shop was churning out generic cornball Walmart country music to a staff that consisted almost entirely of Hispanic women.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 15, 2025

The show can border on the cornball; the characters are the sort you might have seen in the sort of dramas popular in 1868.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 25, 2025

But he also has a lighter side, occasionally indulging cornball jokes and puns.

From New York Times Feb. 6, 2022

"Yeah, he might not say stuff like, Jazz is a cornball," I teased, looking over her shoulder at what she was working on.

From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds




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