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Do a corn chore
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shuck
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The shell or husk, especially of grains (e.g. corn/maize) or nuts (e.g. walnuts). 2 (context slang African American Vernacular English English) A fraud; a scam. 3 (context slang English) A phony. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To remove the shuck ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"husk, pod, shell," 1670s, of unknown origin. Compare shuck (v.). Later used in reference to the shells of oysters and clams (1872). Figurative as a type of something worthless from 1836.
Usage examples of shuck.
Brer Tarrypin, he flapped he foots, en wagged he head, en shuck he tail, but all dis aint do no good.
She had shucked herself out of that jama thing, and her skin felt whisper-soft, super-heated.
The boy was going to have to shuck his posh, Mediant Coast accent and learn man-dialect, real quick.
To shuck all the principles of my profession with the ease of shucking an ear of corn and let my client suffer an unrebutted attack that would leave him imprisoned for the rest of his life was almost unthinkable.
He sat, shucking off his bearskin, savoring the odors as Lhyn took the pan bread from the flames.
Iowa Democrats have never put on a shuck to equal the August 1999 Republican straw pollan overhyped dress rehearsal for the caucuses that prompted candidates to squander so much money on buses, barbecue and big-name entertainers like Crystal Gayle that the effort prematurely drove Lamar Alexander and Elizabeth Dole from the race.
I knowed people built theirself up with sin till they figgered they was big mean shucks in the sight a the Lord.
Al the Barb seemed mighty twitchy, but if memory served her right, his manic edge was as much shuck as his cowboy routine.
It was these frequent glimmerings of the man underneath the childhood he was shucking that swept Angevine with true passion for him, that stained her vague parental warmth with something more hard and base and breathless.
Malachi paused only long enough to grab the bracae he had shucked before heading to bed.
Even his knucklebone pendant was ripped away and his worn moosehide boots were shucked off.
The captain puffed, not looking at Luis but at the growling Tiger being shucked of its transport treads.
This time Tedi and Edward brought down an oysterman from the Chesapeake Bay who shucked oysters right out of an ice-crammed barrel.
Williams rose indignantly, shucked off his coat, hat, vest, suspenders and scarfpin, heaped them on the table, and then sat down and glared at the Reverend Mr.
Kicking off her seaboots and shucking her ratty sweater and shirt, she sluiced frigid water over her chestnut curls and ample breasts.