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Shucks   /ʃəks/   Listen
Shucks

noun
1.
Something of little value.  Synonyms: damn, darn, hoot, red cent, shit, tinker's dam, tinker's damn.  "Not worth one red cent" , "Not worth shucks"
2.
An expression of disappointment or irritation.


Shuck

verb
(past & past part. shucked; pres. part. shucking)
1.
Remove from the shell.
2.
Remove the shucks from.
noun
1.
Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds.  Synonyms: chaff, husk, stalk, straw, stubble.





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"Shucks" Quotes from Famous Books



... "Oh! shucks! I see there's no use trying to hide anything from your sharp eyes, Jack Stormways. Guess I just about walked my feet off today, goin' fishin' with our patrol leader, away over to the Radway River, ...
— The Banner Boy Scouts Afloat • George A. Warren
... "Shucks," said Wiles, "they air all cowards, and their magistrates will run at the first attack; and I say it is to our interest to break up that meetin', and do it right away. What do ...
— The Kentucky Ranger • Edward T. Curnick
... of that old story about the farmer at the circus," said Grant. "He looked at the giraffe for a long time and then finally turned away in disgust. 'Oh, shucks,' he said, 'there ain't no such animal.' That's the way I feel about this island. There isn't ...
— The Go Ahead Boys and the Treasure Cave • Ross Kay
... up at the edge of the cliff so far above them. "Shucks," he said, with conviction, "ain't nobody up there 'cept old Interpreter, an' that dummy, Billy Rand. I know 'cause Skinny Davis an' Chuck Wilson, they told me. They was up—old Interpreter, he can't do nothin' to nobody—he ain't got ...
— Helen of the Old House • Harold Bell Wright
... "Oh, shucks! she can't conjure!" scoffed the boy. "She's nothing but a free nigger, anyway—and besides, she's ...
— The Battle Ground • Ellen Glasgow


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