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shucking

American

[shuhk-ing] / ˈʃʌk ɪŋ /

noun

husking.

Etymology

Origin of shucking

shuck ¹ + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

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A few even claimed that shucking in stores is only acceptable if you're planning on cooking your corn that same day.

From Salon • Aug. 23, 2023

While shucking oysters, son and father discuss what it means to forgive.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2023

Back in the late 1990s, he didn’t think he’d be able to pass on the business that his grandfather started as a one-room shucking house in 1948.

From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2023

At one point in time, Green says, nearby Bluffton, S.C.,, had as many as five oyster shucking houses.

From Scientific American • Apr. 6, 2023

I backed out of the kitchen, but Mami and Doña Lola had gone back to their shucking.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

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