cobette

noun

cobette

noun

Etymology From cob + -ette.

1

A small portion of corn on the cob, less than the whole ear.

  • I'll cook clams, lobsters—hot-and-spicy red potatoes and corn cobettes.2002, Patricia Hickman, Sandpebbles, page 194:
  • Processing budgets were completed for these seven frozen products: strawberries, strawberry jam, sliced green beans, cut corn, corn (cobettes), sliced apples, and apple puree.2006, Progress Report, volume 15, page 54:
1 more example
  • Sitting late one night again in a burger bar, where I munched into some fries and a corn cobette, I mentioned my vegetarianism to Joshua and how I just felt a deep-rooted belief it was morally wrong to kill animals for us to eat […]2011, Rehana Incognito, Bodycage, page 304:

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