cornkister

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

cornkister (plural cornkisters)

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