"cornfest" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cornfests [plural]
Etymology: From corn + -fest. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|corn|fest}} corn + -fest Head templates: {{en-noun}} cornfest (plural cornfests)
  1. (US) A festival celebrating the harvesting of a corn crop. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-cornfest-en-noun-H2V77hWE Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -fest, Pages with 1 entry, Maize (crop) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -fest: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of Maize (crop): 72 28
  2. (US, slang) Something very corny. Tags: US, slang
    Sense id: en-cornfest-en-noun-VMWcwzlf Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 58

Inflected forms

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