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verb

Shuck v. t. (past & past part. shucked; pres. part. shucking)

To deprive of the shucks or husks; as, to shuck walnuts, Indian corn, oysters, etc.

To remove or take off (shucks); hence, to discard; to lay aside; usually with off. (Colloq.) ""Shucking" his coronet, after he had imbibed several draughts of fire water." "He had only been in Africa long enough to shuck off the notions he had acquired about the engineering of a west coast colony."

noun

Shuck n. A shock of grain. (Prev. Eng.)

Shuck n.

A shell, husk, or pod; especially, the outer covering of such nuts as the hickory nut, butternut, peanut, and chestnut.

The shell of an oyster or clam. (U. S.)

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Etymology of 'Shuck'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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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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