corn dolly

noun

A traditional figure made from straw, associated with pre-industrial harvest customs of Europe.

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corn mothercorn doll
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Meanings

nouncorn dolly (plural corn dollies)

plural corn dollies

  1. A traditional figure made from straw, associated with pre-industrial harvest customs of Europe.

    Many of these fetishes and objects of superstition are things which have ended in becoming children's playthings. Dolls of straw such as the "corn dollies" were to promote good harvests, dolls with a tooth atttached were to help with teething.

    1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 159

    Synonyms: corn mother, corn doll

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA traditional figure made from straw, associated with pre-industrial harvest customs of Europe.

Similar
corn mothercorn doll
Also see
corn dollcorn mother

Translations

Dutch graanpop
  • graanpopstraw figure
German Getreidepuppe
  • Getreidepuppestraw figure
Latin vetula
  • vetulastraw figure
Welsh gwrach, caseg fedi
  • gwrachstraw figure
  • caseg fedistraw figure
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APA

corn dolly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corn%20dolly

MLA

“corn dolly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corn%20dolly. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “corn dolly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corn%20dolly.

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