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shuck
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(Ah) shucks! and (Ah) shoot!
Rur. Darn! (A mild oath.) Ah, shucks! I forgot to call Grandma. Tom: We can't get chocolate ice cream. The store's all out. Jane: Shucks. Ah, shoot! I missed my favorite TV show.

(Aw) shucks!

Rur. Gosh!; a mild oath. Shucks, ma'am. It wasn't anything at all. Aw shucks, I ain't never been this close to a woman before.

shuck something off 

1. to take something off. Tom shucked his jacket off and sat on the arm of the easy chair. He shucked off his jacket.
2. to get rid of someone or something. she shucked all her bad habits off. Tom shucked off one girlfriend after another.
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gov/scoysters), but is likely much smaller than shell piles produced by commercial shucking operations in other states and used tier larger restoration efforts or to replant harvested beds.
Quarantine of oyster shell cultch reduces the abundance of Perkinsus ... by Coen, Loren D. / Journal of Shellfish Research
Sea Watch intends to convert the plant to a clam shucking facility by year's end.
Sea Watch purchases plant in Massachusetts by Frozen Food Digest
 
 
 
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