shucking

[ shuhk-ing ]

noun

Origin of shucking

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shucking oysters is a particular skill and a task best approached clear-headed and with no distractions.
What to Eat | Cookstr.com | September 1, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
He remembered seeing this same Jase Vaughn, now riding unsuspectingly toward the loaded rifle, at a corn shucking once.
Ralph Granger's Fortunes | William Perry Brown
The contest was then begun with much gusto and the party first shucking its allotment declared the winner.
History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia | James W. Head
He began shucking his robe while Chris went out with the police, her voice sharp and continual.
Badge of Infamy | Lester del Rey
Shuck′er, one who shucks; Shuck′ing, the act of taking off the shuck: a shucking-bee.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) | Various

The first day of the fall in his sixth year he asked his mother to let him go to the next corn-shucking.
The Southerner | Thomas Dixon

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