General
cornbinder
What does cornbinder mean?
Slang for any International Harvester tractor, from the company's deep roots in farm equipment — they built corn-binding machines and combines for decades before becoming a major heavy-truck manufacturer. Used affectionately by IH loyalists and slightly mockingly by everyone else. The brand became Navistar International in 1986, but the nickname lives on for the older iron.
"Saw an old cornbinder at the truck show — straight-piped 9-litre, sounded mean."
Origin
From International Harvester's pre-truck origin as a farm-machinery maker (the corn binder was one of their flagship products).
Frequently asked questions
What is a Cornbinder?
Cornbinder is a nickname for an International Harvester truck.
How do you use Cornbinder in a sentence?
"That old Cornbinder's still hauling after all these years."
Why is it called a Cornbinder?
The nickname plays on International Harvester's farm-equipment roots, since the company was known for machines like corn binders.
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