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Shuck   /ʃək/   Listen
Shuck

verb
(past & past part. shucked; pres. part. shucking)
1.
Remove from the shell.
2.
Remove the shucks from.
noun
1.
Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds.  Synonyms: chaff, husk, stalk, straw, stubble.






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"Shuck" Quotes from Famous Books



... my fool notions—and you with a writin' machine handy? Thanks, but I reckon I'll light a shuck for Jason. See ...
— Jim Waring of Sonora-Town - Tang of Life • Knibbs, Henry Herbert

... he began to shuck his suit. "But if I had my druthers, I'd druther you'd figure out some way to get all the ammonia out of the joints of ...
— Unwise Child • Gordon Randall Garrett

... I wish ter goodness you could er seed 'im 'bout dat time. He went 'long thoo de woods ez gay ez a colt in a barley-patch. He wunk at de trees, he shuck his fisties at de stumps, he make like he wuz quoilin' wid 'is shadder kaze it foller 'long atter 'im so close; en ...
— History of American Literature • Reuben Post Halleck

... resolutely. "And my father says—" Still resolutely her young mouth curved to its original assertion, but from under her heavy-shadowing eyelashes a little blue smile crept softly out. "When my father's got a lame trotting horse, sir, that he's trying to shuck off his hands," she faltered, "he doesn't ever go round mournful-like with his head hanging—telling folks about his wonderful trotter that's just 'the littlest, teeniest, tiniest bit—lame.' Oh no! What father does is to call up every one he knows within twenty ...
— The White Linen Nurse • Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

... "Nell, let me introduce to you Mr. Neill, from the Panhandle. Mr. Neill, this is my sister. I don't know how come she to drop down behind us like an angel from heaven, but that's a story will wait. The thing we got to do right now is to light a shuck out of here." ...
— A Texas Ranger • William MacLeod Raine


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