cornball

cornball
/kawrn"bawl'/, n.
1. popcorn rolled into a ball and flavored with molasses or caramel.
2. Informal.
a. a person who indulges in clichés or sentimentality.
b. a country bumpkin; hick.
adj.
3. Informal. corny.
[1835-45, Amer.; CORN1 + BALL1; defs. 2, 3, influenced by slang sense of corn. Cf. SCREWBALL, ODDBALL]

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