shuck corn. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
shuck oysters. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The regular price for a "shuck" bottom was fifty cents. From Wordnik.com. [Life of the Rev. Elisha W. Green, One of the Founders of the Kentucky Normal and Theological Institute--Now the State University at Louisville; Eleven Years Moderator of the Mt. Zion Baptist Association; Five Years Moderator of the Consolidated Baptist Educational Association and Over Thirty Years Pastor of the Colored Baptist Churches of Maysville and Paris. Written by Himself.] Reference
Philetus was left to "shuck" and bring home a load of the fruit. From Wordnik.com. [Queechy] Reference
As cane bottoms were not so much in fashion as now most of the ladies preferred "shuck" bottoms. From Wordnik.com. [Life of the Rev. Elisha W. Green, One of the Founders of the Kentucky Normal and Theological Institute--Now the State University at Louisville; Eleven Years Moderator of the Mt. Zion Baptist Association; Five Years Moderator of the Consolidated Baptist Educational Association and Over Thirty Years Pastor of the Colored Baptist Churches of Maysville and Paris. Written by Himself.] Reference
The sport was very fine; and after spoiling the trees, Philetus was left to "shuck" and bring home a load of the fruit, while. From Wordnik.com. [Queechy, Volume II] Reference
A little ordinary pea-shuck is not doing that, yes?. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Delft Blue]
I simply had been afraid to shuck off this old cocoon. From Wordnik.com. [Prayers To Broken Stones]
It is also subject to shuck-worm and twig girdler injury. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948] Reference
Most evvybody kep 'a shuck footmat 'fore deir front doors. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3] Reference
Corn shuck tea is good for measles; fodder tea for asthma. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4] Reference
So he saddled up old Chaw one night and lit a shuck this way. From Wordnik.com. [Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads] Reference
We build fences all day and kill hogs and shuck corn dat night. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3] Reference
He ` s not going to shuck those braces and run down the street. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 11, 2009] Reference
Then they would all get corn and shuck it until near time to quit. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 7] Reference
The hickory shuck is much dryer and never has so many immature kernels. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946] Reference
They would shuck as many as three or four hundred bushels of corn in a night. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3] Reference
They would give corn huskins; they would go and shuck corn and shuck so much. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 1] Reference
With it, Liir might figure out how to help the Princess shuck off her disguise. From Wordnik.com. [Son of a Witch]
On a below-par diving day like that one promised to be, they were a total shuck. From Wordnik.com. [Perseus Spur]
He could not shuck off the role of Cap'n merely by shedding his tunic and emblem. From Wordnik.com. [Tides Of Light]
And though my heart shuck like a ager, I laid down on that table same as a soldier. From Wordnik.com. [Sight to the Blind] Reference
"Well," said I, "can you say you are getting rid of the shuck worms by doing that?". From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916.] Reference
The shuck and blade are much used as fodder for cattle, in the early part of winter. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
She looked kind o 'sorrowful-like, but drawed a deep breath, an' shuck her head, 'Oh. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861] Reference
In severe cases the injury extends through the hull or shuck to the shell and kernels. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948] Reference
Ever body lit a shuck to the car and nobody ever did go back to see about the treasure. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3] Reference
I am inclined to blame it, in part, to the walnut shuck, which takes in so much moisture. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946] Reference
Maybe you'd have one egg puncture and as many as a hundred or 120 maggots inside the shuck. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference
The next thing he had a holt o 'my coat-collar an' shuck me like a tarrier-dog shakes a rat. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861] Reference
But of late, young boy-thing, I am unable to shuck off my disguise with the ease I once had. From Wordnik.com. [Son of a Witch]
MR. MACHOVINA: After spraying for shuck maggot with DDT do you encourage the presence of mites?. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952] Reference
Fred Thompson with his aw shuck stuff and the Tennessee stuff is saying, I'm a very different guy. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 9, 2007] Reference
The corn is "cut up" in the fall, and after curing in the shuck, is husked; the shuck remaining on the stalk with the blades. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
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