Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cornlaw

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: corn-law
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Rare spelling of corn law.

Example Sentences

"When I became a Freetrade agitator in 1824, I could not find one respectable shopkeeper who thought the cornlaws an evil."
"Another poem of this time, The Golden Year published in 1846, gives in antithetical form the hopeful liberal point of view founded on […] repeal of the cornlaws and freeing of commerce and Press […]"
"He started away from the protection of agriculture on which Tory landowners depended for prosperity. They wanted the cornlaws and he moved step by step towards repeal."

Inflected Forms

cornlaws (plural)

Questions

What does cornlaw mean?: Rare spelling of corn law.

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