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 Cor’moran’.Corn in Egypt (There’s). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Corn … Horn.
 
Up corn, down horn. When corn is high or dear, beef is down or cheap, because persons have less money to spend on meat.   1
 


 Cor’moran’.Corn in Egypt (There’s). 

 
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