Cornlaw
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cornlaw is a noun meaning Rare spelling of corn law.
Meaning
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.
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.
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 […]
Word Forms
- cornlaws
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