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shucks
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
shucks
interjection
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
aw shucks
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Well, shucks, why pay for one when you can just borrow mine?
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
shucks

expression of indifference, 1847, from shuck (n.) in the secondary sense "something valueless" (i.e. not worth shucks, attested in a separate source from 1847).

Wiktionary
shucks

interj. 1 (context colloquial English) Exclamatory response to a minor disappointment. 2 (context colloquial sarcastic English) Response to a minor pleasure. 3 (context colloquial English) A receding or mock expression of thanks. n. (plural of shuck English) vb. (en-third-person singular of: shuck)

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WordNet
shucks

  1. n. something of little value; "his promise is not worth a damn"; "not worth one red cent"; "not worth shucks" [syn: damn, darn, hoot, red cent, shit, tinker's damn, tinker's dam]

  2. an expression of disappointment or irritation

Usage examples of "shucks".

In gliding I support a mere ten pounds on each arm -- shucks, on Earth you work harder than that lying in bed.

He said it warn't no use talking, heathens don't amount to shucks alongside of pirates to work a camp-meeting with.