[f. CORN sb.2] A. vbl. sb. The profession of cutting corns. B. ppl. a. That cuts corns professionally.
a. 1613. Overbury, A Wife, etc. (1638), 203. (A Quacksalver) His maine cunning is Corn-cutting.
1756. Toldervy, Two Orphans, I. 197. He professes corn-cutting only in London.
1764. Foote, Mayor of G., I. Wks. 1799, I. 164. You blood-letting, tooth-drawing, corn-cutting, worm-killing, blistering, glistering——
