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cornkister

The English word “cornkister” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. A Doric comic song of the late 19th of early 20th century, in the tradition of a bothy ballad.

Etymology

From corn + kist + -er, from Scottish dialect kist (“a chest”).

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