Not worth shucks. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Don struggled to explain how little and how much "shucks" could mean. From Wordnik.com. [Between Planets]
Oh yeah, and it doesn't go without saying: "shucks" for the praise. From Wordnik.com. [Life On Mars] Reference
If we had ep-p-zu-dit we used different things to make tea out of, such as shucks, cow chips, hog hoofs, cow hoofs. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3] Reference
British baronets don't say 'sure,' 'shucks' or vamoose. '. From Wordnik.com. [Malcolm Sage, Detective] Reference
"Oh, (shucks)!" he yelled (well, he didn't really say "shucks," but you get the drift). From Wordnik.com. [pjstar.com Home RSS] Reference
"shucks," said polly ann, pounding the corn, "i reckon you found him dead.". From Wordnik.com. [The Crossing] Reference
I want to make myself poor and see if I'm worth 'shucks' aside from my father's cash. ". From Wordnik.com. [Dorothy's Travels] Reference
But there's nothing aw-shucks about his ambitions. From Wordnik.com. [The Pentagon's Point Man.] Reference
"Oh, shucks!" said Jud, embarrassed by such praise. From Wordnik.com. [A Campfire Girl's Test of Friendship] Reference
I'll whup your tails until they won't hold shucks. '. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Hellenga's "Snakewoman of Little Egypt," reviewed by Carolyn See] Reference
It was so plentiful it was called Jeff Davis shucks. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1] Reference
But shucks, that don't matter to us, Fred, not a whit. From Wordnik.com. [Fred Fenton on the Track or, The Athletes of Riverport School] Reference
"Indestructible friendship -- shucks," Gertrude cried. From Wordnik.com. [Turn About Eleanor] Reference
With the shucks off there were forty-two pounds of them. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting Battle Creek, Michigan, September 10 and 11, 1934] Reference
"Aw, shucks, that's a fine job to give us!" growled Tim. From Wordnik.com. [The Camp Fire Girls on the March Bessie King's Test of Friendship] Reference
"Oh, shucks, we don't want any doll parties!" said Ernest. From Wordnik.com. [Chicken Little Jane] Reference
Jest tie two little soft shucks together and begin plaiting. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives] Reference
He tells aw-shucks stories about his boyhood in rural Arkansas. From Wordnik.com. [The Other Man From Hope] Reference
His voice and mannerisms were aw-shucks cuddly, shy, and gawky. From Wordnik.com. [James Scarborough: "Supernova" at the Elephant Theatre Company] Reference
"Oh! shucks, d'ye mean to say you never heard that story?" said. From Wordnik.com. [The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour, or, The Mystery of Rattlesnake Mountain] Reference
I ain't no great shucks as a entertainer, but I'll do what I can. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Gold] Reference
Ironically, Gramm initially sold himself as an aw-shucks regular guy. From Wordnik.com. [Gaffe Alert!] Reference
She shucks her T-shirt and towel, walks away, toward the shore line. From Wordnik.com. [Bomba] Reference
A tea made out of dog fennel or corn shucks will cure chills and malaria. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives] Reference
He then dug a hole and put him in it and piled corn shucks all around him. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives] Reference
Grandfather said she could use one pair of his gold-bowed ones - but shucks!. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Ago] Reference
"Aw, shucks! ain't there nothin 'else you want?" the boy returned, teasingly. From Wordnik.com. [Janice Day at Poketown] Reference
Flotsam and jetsam of shucks drifting down, and forming in mass at the eddies. From Wordnik.com. [Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler] Reference
In the fall, the later generations tunnel within and feed upon the shucks only. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference
I kept after him as best I could, but, shucks! he was in another class from me. From Wordnik.com. [Air Service Boys Flying for Victory or, Bombing the Last German Stronghold] Reference
"Oh, shucks!" grumbled Red, bitterly disappointed, because he dearly loved action. From Wordnik.com. [Pathfinder or, The Missing Tenderfoot] Reference
I never was wuth shucks when it comes to justice ... an 'I allus suffer fer it after. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of Blue Pete] Reference
Home-made rugs was put on top of de shucks for sheets, and de kivver was de same thing. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2] Reference
Behind the bar, Roddy Montgomery shucks oysters and serves them up with a practiced touch. From Wordnik.com. [New Orleans' Rebound Brings Surprising Riches] Reference
He plasters on an aw-shucks grin and sticks his head in the door for the briefest of hellos. From Wordnik.com. [Grin and Bear It] Reference
(Soundbite of oyster bar) LOHR: Larry Brooks shucks oysters behind a giant marble oyster bar. From Wordnik.com. [Gulf Coast Residents Relieved Leak Has Stopped] Reference
Deputy press secretary Bill Burton will then take his more "aw shucks" persona to the podium. From Wordnik.com. [Exodus Could Shift White House Tone] Reference
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