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Shucks

noun

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"

An expression of disappointment or irritation.

Shuck

verb

(past & past part. shucked; pres. part. shucking)

Remove from the shell.

Remove the shucks from.

noun

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

... "Shucks, Sadie, don't talk like that, child," said the older woman, nervously. "It's enough to scare any ...

— A Desert Drama - Being The Tragedy Of The "Korosko" • A. Conan Doyle

... agreed with me. I don't think he'll run one, two, three. These fellows out here in this country are all crazy because Bryan's come from this state; and a few hayseed Populists who've always been Republican heretofore are going to vote for him. Shucks! They don't amount to anything. It's the East that settles an election, and the working man. Why, they're not going to see this country go to the devil because a few of these crazy Pops out here are going to vote the ...

— Tales of the Road • Charles N. Crewdson

... shucks dandy. All the buttons are coming off, just the way Tom made the kernels of corn come off the cobs for the chickens! Look!" and he pointed to the buttons dropping from the tin spout into ...

— Six Little Bunkers at Grandma Bell's • Laura Lee Hope

... dem. Dey used to sen' us presents an' sich every Christmas for seberal years and den us started movin' 'bout an' I reckon dey don' know where we's at now. I sure would like to see dem boys ag'in. I betcha I'd know dem right today. Mebbe I wouldn't, it's been so long since I seen 'em; but shucks, I know dat ...

— Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States - Volume II. Arkansas Narratives. Part I • Work Projects Administration

... the folks had known at first that the Jim Sawyer who died in the Poor House was his uncle, they wouldn't have considered him such great shucks after all. An' the way he tried to get Huldy Mason to marry him and throw over 'Zeke Pettingill, who had loved her ever since she was a baby, was a mighty mean piece ...

— The Further Adventures of Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks • Charles Felton Pidgin

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