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Shuck   /ʃək/   Listen
Shuck

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



... hear much about anything on Hue and Cry till they come and tell us. Speaking for myself, I ain't so awful much fussed up. I've got a house-bo't to take my wife and young ones on, and we'll keep on digging clams for trawlers—sixty cents a bucket, shucked, and we can dig and shuck a bucket a day, all hands turning to. We won't starve. But I pity the poor critters that 'ain't got a house-bo't. Looks like they'd need wings. I ain't worrying a mite, I say. I had the best house on the island, and the state has allowed a hundred ...
— Blow The Man Down - A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 • Holman Day


Words linked to "Shuck" :   chaff, stalk, plant material, bran, take, straw, withdraw, plant substance, stubble, remove, take away


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