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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



... "Shucks! no; that was only a drop in the bucket," said Judson, surprised out of his attitude of rank-and-file deference. "Hallock was the original owner of the ...
— The Taming of Red Butte Western • Francis Lynde
... "Oh-h, shucks!" He sighed and came suddenly out of his reverie, looked up at the sky, turned wearily inboard, and sat himself on one of ...
— Wide Courses • James Brendan Connolly
... "Oh shucks!" said Adam Verver, to whom the vernacular, in moments of deepest sincerity, could thus come back. "I'll believe it," he presently added, ...
— The Golden Bowl • Henry James
... youth had wearied and clamored anew for an outlet, I had determined on a reckless adventure. From corn-shucks and dried grass I made a cigar which I tried to smoke. It gave me the most miserable penitent hour I have ever known. The picture of the child of long ago hiding in the corn crib until recovery was possible caused me now ...
— The House of the Misty Star - A Romance of Youth and Hope and Love in Old Japan • Fannie Caldwell Macaulay
... "Aw shucks! I let my Injun hate get the best of my tongue. Of course she's safe enough; only the darn devil's got to be caught before he gets to Mexico and makes some padre marry 'em. So it's us to the ...
— The Heart of the Desert - Kut-Le of the Desert • Honore Willsie Morrow


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