Mudcat Café message #3118387

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Thread #10459 Message #3118387
Posted By: Max Johnson
21-Mar-11 - 01:19 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Jimmy Crack Corn and I Don't Care
Subject: RE: Origin: Jimmy Crack Corn and I Don't Care

I wonder if the original word was 'gimcrack', which is a now little-used word meaning 'junk', - i.e, the corn was of low quality quality?