Cornish Basty

An illegitamate child born out of wedlock in Cornwall, UK

I am a Cornish basty

by RazzleDazzleBazzle August 15, 2018

Cornish Army

The Cornish Army was first used in combat in 1497, during the Cornish Rebellion. A blacksmith and a lawyer managed to raise an army of 15,000 men and marched into Devon, conquering it, relatively unopposed. Wells, Winchester, Bristol, and Salisbury were taken, though while in Taunton they suffered a slight hiccup when a tax commissioner was murdered, but apart from this one incedent the march was referred to as, 'without any slaughter, violence or spoil of the country'. They tried to rally the 'volatile men of Kent*' to their cause, but the Kentishmen had decided that what was going on was too far away to concern them. This disheartened a number of the Cornish troops, who decided to call it quits and went home. The remainder of the forces decided to take on the King (Henry VII). They arrived at Guildford and awaited the retaliation of the Crown. They were attacked by a meager force of 500 mounted spearmen, which they promptly defeated. The Cornish army then moved in on London and the Royal Family barricaded themselves in the Tower of London, whilst the rest of the city began to panic. At Blackheath the Cornish set up their final camp and prepared for 'The Battle Of Deptford Bridge' (located in south-east London).
The Cornish army had by this point around 12,000 troops, while the King had a whooping 25,000. The battle lasted about half a day and ended with the defeat of the Cornish.
Wouldn't it have been interesting if they had won?

*Home of the Peasants' Revolt of 1381.

The Cornish Army was quite cool... for the 15th Century.

by Emperor Francis I December 9, 2008

cornischlong

a large penis.

the opposite of a pickle dick.

combines the words cornichon (french for gerkin) and schlong.

dave: "i heard todd has the smallest pickle dick"

eric: "nah no way, it must have been cold. i saw a movie he made, it was definately a cornischlong"

by staygold1984 March 18, 2010

Cornism

Cornism is a incredible religion of following corn. Now you may ask, but why would people worship corn ? That doesnt make any sense! Well there are obvious reasons for this. Corn has many uses, such as; corn silk, corn glue, corn meal, corn pencilin, corn syrup, corn grain, and corn ethanol. And even more are being made! We owe many things to corn, and we havent given corn the respect it deserves. There are 1000+ uses, but still no one seems to care. We are here to change that. Convert to Cornism today.

Dave: Hey man, have you converted to Cornism yet?

Kyle: What? Of course! All should convert to Cornism!

by Taznixx September 26, 2018

cornish

The cornish come from cornwall. They are more clever than you think and have an excellent sense of humour.

One thing occasionally overlooked is that the cornish are actually celts. They are related to the irish, scottish and welsh, not forgetting the bretons. When naming the celtic countries, cornwall should be mentioned, but sadly never is.

Man 1: The cornish?

Man 2: Yeah, part of a great race of people called the celts!

by morwenna April 26, 2006

Corniferous

Extremely Corny, the characteristic of trying to be cool, but ultimately very uncool indeed, and often even extremely embarrassing and not funny.

Man, did you see that Manowar show? The way they posed? And all that "Knights of Steel" bullshit? Hell that show was completely corniferous.

by Keone Chong December 18, 2007

Cornify

(verb): To enhance any visual experience by overlaying sparkly unicorn stickers. Stickers are placed willy-nilly and are meant to brighten one's day.

I was feeling so blue while reading about the swine flu, so I decided to cornify the page.

by Rubaby April 30, 2009