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    [Interjection]  | "shucks" | \ ˈshəks \


    1: —used especially to express mild disappointment or embarrassment


    Origin: 1847 ;

    [Verb]  | "shuck" 


    1: to strip of shucks

    2: to peel off (something, such as clothing) —often used with off

    3: to lay aside —often used with off


    Origin: 1772 ;

    [Noun]  | "shuck" | \ ˈshək \


    1: shell, husk: such as

    2: the outer covering of a nut or of an ear of corn

    3: the shell of an oyster or clam


    Origin: circa 1674 ;

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    [Adjective]  | "aw-shucks" | \ ˈȯ-ˌshəks \


    1: being or marked by an unsophisticated, self-conscious, or self-effacing manner


    Origin: 1932 ;

    [Phrasal verb]  | "shuck off" 


    1: to remove and throw aside (something)

    [Noun]  | "shucks" 


    1: something of little importance;


      * e.g., " ... it doesn't matter shucks to her what anyone else earns "



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    [Noun]  | "shuck" 


    1: something of little importance;


      * e.g., " ... it doesn't matter shucks to her what anyone else earns "



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    [Verb]  | "shucks" 


    1: to remove the natural covering of;


      * e.g., " ... shucking peas "



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    [Verb]  | "shuck" 


    1: to remove the natural covering of;


      * e.g., " ... shucking peas "



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    [Verb]  | "shuck (off)" 


    1: to get rid of as useless or unwanted;


      * e.g., " ... bad habits are hard to shuck off "



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    [Adjective]  | "aw-shucks" 


    1: lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment;


      * e.g., " ... his persona may be that of an aw-shucks country singer, but offstage he is anything but "





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