How To Use Shuck In A Sentence

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This week actor Alan Rachins, better known as the balding popinjay Douglas Brackman of "L.A. Law," shucks his pinstripes for something more daring. He Left His Briefs Behind
Dinner parties, cookery demos, oyster shucking championships, plus music and comedy. Times, Sunday Times
He is tough, a fine leader despite his youth and aw-shucks grin.
The clam pizza at Zuppardi's in West Haven, Connecticut, for example, is made with just shucked clams and a hint of fresh garlic on a perfectly blistered pizza crust. Robert Rosenthal: One Woman's Disgusting Clam Is Another Man's Pleasure To Eat

Even straight men, so often skittish and easily threatened, found his aw-shucks persona and mildly sarcastic, I'm-in-on-the-joke attitude congenial.
I used the word "shucks" did you notice ? an American word, to offer a hand of friendship across the sea as it were. Comment Registration: The Experiment Ends Early
Shucks, I done got plumb off from what I was tellin 'you jus' ravin ''bout my old furniture and things. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3
On a good day, each employee will shuck 3,500 oysters.
On a recent Saturday, Kyle Needham shucked oysters from Nova Scotia, while a Salvadoran immigrant peddled $9 pupusa platters. Flea Market for Foodies
With his gosh-darned, aw-shucks demeanor and disarming smile, he is able to insult entire ethnic groups without even realizing he's doing it.
Hulking guys serve up platters of prawns, steamed crabs, and just-shucked oysters glistening in brine.
Because he was worried about his diary - shucks, only a notebook, really - he took it with him. A MEANS TO EVIL
Between songs you get Chris talking straight to the camera, making goofy self-deprecating jokes in his aw-shucks kind of way.
With the old Colt, it was possible to place the hammer on half-cock, rotate the cylinder, listen for the click and know that the chamber was lined up perfectly under the loading gate for either shucking a fired round or reloading a fresh one.
I shucked off my coat, gloves, shoes, socks, and goggles and rolled up my pants.
The sport was very fine; and after spoiling the trees, Philetus was left to "shuck" and bring home a load of the fruit, while Fleda and Hugh took their way slowly down the mountain. Queechy
But we weren't just in town to shuck oysters and draw butter.
He adds a characteristically aw-shucks postscript: ‘I have no way of justifying what I do, no temporal defence at all.’
It's easy to see why these films were used as part of the shuck and jive of the traveling movie marketer.
She shucked off her jacket and ran upstairs.
I wuz in de cornhouse a-shuckin 'corn to go to de mill on Saturday. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4
If you ask me, the whole neighborhood's lucky to be shuck of her. BREACH OF DUTY
Guthrie was a middle-class Oklahoman with a calculated aw-shucks cowboy manner, who just happened to be a Communist Party sympathizer and had written for communist newspapers.
Besides being young and quite good-looking in an aw-shucks sort of way, he won election in 2002.
He wandered to the edge of the water and shucked off his clothes.
As the Steelers and Jets met in the AFC Championship game Sunday night, they did it behind two men who shucked staid and stuffy forever ago — if they ever actually exhibited either trait. Steelers' Tomlin Part of NFL's New Breed
He stripped down to his drawers in measured motions that made her want to gnash her teeth with frustration, but when he finally shucked them, too, she caught her breath. How to Woo a Reluctant Lady
I shucked off my boots, one at a time, letting them lie where they fell, then just dropped face first onto the bed and tried to relax.
As cane bottoms were not so much in fashion as now most of the ladies preferred "shuck" bottoms. Life of the Rev. Elisha W. Green, One of the Founders of the Kentucky Normal and Theological Institute--Now the State University at Louisville; Eleven Years Moderator of the Mt. Zion Baptist Association; Five Years Moderator of the Consolidated Baptist Ed
I like that they are showing progression rather than having the way they relate to each remain stagnant – shucks, just like real life. 'Bones' recap: Pops knows best (and now, about Club Jiggle) | EW.com
Teresa knows very well that the explanation she is about to give is inspired; the `aw, shucks "posturing is pure rhetoric. RIDDLE ME THIS
Have the oysters shucked at the market up to 1 day ahead; set, cup side up, on a rimmed tray; cover and chill.
But see the aw-shucks, ‘just plain facts’ tone there?
I would like to do ranch work up in Montana, dig postholes in frozen ground, shave sheep with electric barber clippers, dehorn cows, wring the necks of chickens and shuck their feathers in pots of scalding water, shovel boxcar loads of green horse manure in one-hundred-degree heat. The Lost Get-Back Boogie
When we shucked fresh oysters (his favourite) off the rocks and dreamt of finding a black pearl that would make us be rich forever.
Philetus was left to "shuck" and bring home a load of the fruit. Queechy
“It feels to me more like the Today show environment, where you can kind of shuck and jive a little bit.” A Star is Reborn
It shows weedy tangles of wildflowers lifting their leaves sunward as spring advances and winter's dolor is shucked off for another year.
I could be assured just seeing his logo that the editors thought the book was good enough to shuck out the bucks for *good* cover art, at least. Seanan_mcguire: A book by its cover.
I poked one with my fork, and was delighted to find out that they were roasted "shucked". My Spicy Epicurean Debauchery: Oysters and Food Writing
He deftly shucks three oysters for his visitor.
In their awkward approaches to the line and aw-shucks attitudes about gutter balls and unmade spares, they represent the complacent, non-competitive face of so many bowlers today.
She had already shucked the remaining bread in the box to make room for the new load.
Spoken and written substitutes for the word in American English include sugar, sheesh, shoot, and shucks, as in the constructions: Oh, sugar! Aww, shucks!
The hurried yells of the seaman brought Blaine's head up, and induced his head to lazily drift upwards, towards a large raft that had been shucked out to the bow.
Patch Darragh has an aw-shucks quality that does fine at capturing Romeo's callowness and naïveté.
He immediately shucked off his outer coat and draped it over his shoulder.
I hop out of the Humvee with a bowlegged cowboy swagger and a Ronald Reagan aw-shucks grin.
The spectacle of Sarah Palin "aw shucks-ing" her way to mean-spirited accusations reveals a hurter, not a healer. John O'Neil: Why Voters Must Favor a Healer as Leader
I am feeling a little blushy and gushy and aw, gee, shucks-y this week ... Archive 2007-04-01
Shuck your dirty shirt and put on a new one.
_ Told the children yesterday that I wanted them to bring me some corn "shucks," as they call them, which are all left on the stalks in the fields. Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868)
Aww, shucks, my uncle's stupid horse just knocked himself into the wall, catch you at the ball!
The prince had tried his hand at shucking, removing the shell. The Sun
I thought of replying with something humble like Aw, shucks, but my ribs were still aching. SOMEBODY
But you must remember me only the other day you reprimanded me for a posting I made about your American friend,I in return used the American word "shucks" in a comment as a gesture of friendship,remember me now ? One of Many?
Andrew is refined and Jake has an aw-shucks, country charm.
It had been breathing, but body was the right word just the same; it had only been a worthless thing, like a cast-off towsack which some idiot had stuffed full of weeds or cornshucks. The Drawing of the Three
He shucked off his wet coat and hat in the hallway.
‘Aww shucks,’ Ruth gave up on an attempt to conceal her own watering eyes.
As Old Dut spoke he "shucked" his own coat, tossing it to the curb. The Grammar School Boys Snowbound or, Dick & Co. at Winter Sports
May everyone else get a better treatment dey did tat? oh shucks. i have asked for change of date to wich dey were reluctant. i hav asked again. i hav booked my flane tickets wich cant be refunded. now wat shall i do???????????????? Undefined
This dish contains oysters shucked and drained and wrapped in bacon slices and baked for 10 minutes in a hot oven.
He grunted, stood, shucked his pack and rifle, started back down the slope.
She shucked off her cloak and jumped onto a stack of barrels near the main mast.
Anyone who knew him will remember that he always wore a smile and had aw-shucks, down-to-earth personality that masked one of the finest competitors and clutch performers the game has ever seen.
He collapsed into a roll when he hit the ground and shucked off the parachute.
She shucked off her shoes and tights, preferring to go au natural when it came to foot wear (always excepting when she was in a town.
Freed from Middle America, her focus shifted to New York's literary society, where two women hold a torch for the celebrity novelist who has shucked them off.
We don't want no impiousness at this here shuckin ', Tim," observed The Miller Of Old Church
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Shellfish can remind us of treasured times - going clam digging with the family, slurping down oysters on the half shell at a raw bar with friends, or shucking them yourself in the hopes of finding a pearl.
It is a spicy, soupy stew that can feature a variety of ingredients - chunks of andouille sausage, pieces of chicken or game, crab claws, or shucked oysters.
Peeled garlic is popular with restaurants and consumers too lazy to shuck the small cloves of garlic - and they don't seem to mind the canned flavor.
He kicked his sandals toward the fire and shucked off his tunic.
It may very well borderline on torture, which I probably shouldn’t admit since last time I posted about not liking something, namely shucking oysters I found myself staring at a case of them the next day… Archive 2008-12-01
Next shuck the oysters; wrap your left hand in a tea towel] assuming you are right handed] and place an oyster cup side down, hinge towards you in your palm.
He was about to shuck his clothes with disregard for personal safety and dive in to look for her when the pool began to bubble.
Reduced by an apparently at-sea Cuba Gooding Jr. to a mix of goofy aw-shucks smiles and dead-eyed solemnity, Carson comes across as the least intriguing person in his own story. TNT's 'Gifted Hands' wasn't made by gifted hands
They will be able to shuck and jive, zig and zag and mushmouth on the question the way politicians must to pick up votes of people on both sides. Cronyism on the Court? What a Shocking Thought!
While the bride was changing to her infare dress, older hands quickly took down the bedsteads, tied up the flock ticks and shuck ticks in coverlids and quilts, shoved them back into the corners so as to make room for the frolic and dancing. Blue Ridge Country
Terry actually says "Oh, shucks!" when complimented on her singing.
Well, sah, if you'll b'lieve me, he jes 'shuck his head, dat painter did, en went on a-dobbin'. Tom Sawyer Abroad
He was in deep awshucks mode, even admitting twice -- zounds! Off To The Culture War
In the fall corn was gathered, first by topping it and the tops were then used in making what they called a fodder house, by sticking crotches in the ground and covering with stalks, often being forty rods in length, then the corn was taken off and thrown into piles, shucks all on. Fifty Years of Slavery in the United States of America
The regular price for a "shuck" bottom was fifty cents. Life of the Rev. Elisha W. Green, One of the Founders of the Kentucky Normal and Theological Institute--Now the State University at Louisville; Eleven Years Moderator of the Mt. Zion Baptist Association; Five Years Moderator of the Consolidated Baptist Ed
Slice the hackle of a dry fly at an angle to make it ride low and on its side, cut off the tail to make its abdomen sink, remove one wing, or cut them both to stubs to imitate an insect stuck in its nymphal shuck. 10 Ways to Fool Smart Trout
That's been the knock on Hill throughout his aw-shucks career.
Aw de colored peoples wear wha 'dey call shuck hat den cause dey been make outer shuck. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1
Shuck your dirty shirt and put on a new one.
She stood up and began shucking her breeches, still talking.
Aw, shucks Thanks for such a kind introduction, Eugene.
Mackenzie shucked his rucksack and set it on the sand.
But that it amounts to more than "shucks," despite the footman's epigram, is presently apparent when the staff-officer comes more slowly back, easing his panting horse. A War-Time Wooing A Story
When the chard has just started to wilt I add the meat and liquor from three oysters, which I had shucked just minutes before. Cookery masterclass: René Redzepi
They got rid of their cafeterias, shucked their travel offices, and reduced their human-resources staffs.
It's not hard to see why; on a superstar-laden $180 million team with a moribund offense, he's the humble, aw-shucks rookie making the minimum and providing the unexpected boost, giving the fans somebody new to root for.
The hour-plus finale thankfully shucked much of the grotesque Utah-Mormon-Gothic melodrama murderously mad prophet Alby was taken care of last week, shot down but not killed when he tried to storm the statehouse with the Henricksons inside and stressed the themes of an unorthodox family and marriage unit fighting for acceptance and survival in a judgmental and often violently unforgiving world. Roush Review: Big Love Finale
Don struggled to explain how little and how much "shucks" could mean. Between Planets
Gibbs, meanwhile, will go out on his own, where he can go on the soundbite attack, but do it from the aw-shucks stance of a guy who comes from the part of the country where people tend to cling to their guns and their religion. The Insider Machinery Is Complete
Meanwhile, seafood restaurants such as Shuckers draw in custom by shucking oysters non-stop in the front window.
Every single oyster bar one was badly shucked, causing me mouthful upon mouthful of shell.
POWELL: The most I ever saw him do is maybe say, "shucks" over some particular problem that had occurred during that day or some story in the newspaper that troubled him. CNN Transcript Jun 10, 2004
Many mayfly species are clumsy swimmers at best, and combine that with shucking their outer nymph skin, they become a flailing treat for the waiting trout.
Terry actually says "Oh, shucks!" when complimented on her singing.
‘Aw, shucks,’ he may suddenly say, as the discussions on global warming drag on, ‘why don't we all just go out and hit the greens?’
Hatch says, ‘I didn't understand why anyone would be scared of me’ - aw, shucks!
It skips along, at times precarious (dead end, sad sack lives, physical and emotional abuse, and world domination by a vampire plant), at times joyous (an aw-shucks love story, a rags-to-riches business success, and a fantastic sense of place, established by a song that states its preference for downtown to uptown). James Scarborough: Little Shop of Horrors, STAGEStheatre, Fullerton
Dat was de way it was done; evvybody holped de others git de corn shucked. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4
‘No,’ Jack said, tossing him a bitter look as he shucked off his shoes.
It had been forming in the back of his mind as the modified prototype hardskin took him through the city, fighting off pursuit, outrunning and outgunning it until he got far enough away to break into an abandoned building and shuck the suit. Starcraft II: Devils’ Due
She spent her entire life shucking oysters at her mam and dad's Whitstable seafood parlour.
On the northern belt, shucks are the outer covering of nuts; in the middle and southern regions the word is applied to what in New England is called the husks of the corn. The Hoosier Schoolmaster
We don't want no impiousness at this here shuckin ', Tim," observed William The Miller of Old Church
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They are also the friendliest and most unabashedly contrite with ‘Aww, shucks!’
They seem to be able to just shuck off guilt.
Make no mistake though that in the South the term shuck and jive is a reference to the stupidity of niggers. Hillary Supporter Andrew Cuomo On Her NH Win: "You Can't Shuck And Jive" w/Press Corps
With a gigantic career based upon an aw-shucks tone of blue collar tales of midwestern values, couldn't one little fling many years ago get absolved after a teary apology?
David shucked off his jacket and hung it on the coat rack before heading for the rehearsal room.
Shucks!" cried Absalom, unfilially; "ye'd aheap better be a-studyin ' His "Day In Court" 1895
In allusion to those remarkable feats of arms and -- legs -- Early's or Stuart's raids and Jackson's forced rapid marches, almost at horse-speed, when the men carried no rations, but ate corn-ears taken from the shucks and roasted them "at their pipes," the droll ruler would bring in that "mewl" again: The Lincoln Story Book
It shows weedy tangles of wildflowers lifting their leaves sunward as spring advances and winter's dolor is shucked off for another year.
One has to remember that there is alot going on during the use of a pump gun and the follow up shot and/or quick shot on a second bird can be muffed by a short shuck or the recoil and manual manipulation of the action combination. Favorite shotgun for trap and upland birds?
Moni-chan smiled and shrugged in a way that said ‘aw, shucks.’
I ran to my room shucked off my clothes, threw them in the hamper, changed in to my nightclothes then flung my self on to my bed.
The Sancimino boys who run it now are big guys with white aprons and thick forearms, from shucking so many oysters.
It's a company that pasteurizes oysters using a special process, and then sells them shucked and on the half shell in California and other states that restrict raw seafood. Gulf Fisheries' Future In Doubt
What marvel that to be a boy at Lovell's Harbor was a boon to be coveted even if along with the distinction went a throng of homely tasks such as shucking clams, cleaning cod, baiting lobster pots, and running errands? Walter and the Wireless
Swaying her hips behind an oversized guitar, she was delightful with her aw-shucks talent.
Mussels are sweet and tender, native oysters still begging to be shucked.
The best way to ensure using really strong cardamom is to buy it whole, shuck it out of the pod, and grind it yourself – that way, if you don’t use as much ground cardamom as we do, you can always have it fresh and strong. Tigers & Strawberries » Zak’s Cardamom Boule
Oh, shucks, and here I was thinking that was you.
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Patty Lou always kept her cafe a little on the warm side, a subtle invitation to her customers to shuck their coats and settle themselves for a nice, long, and leisurely meal.
She nodded, stepped inside, shucked off her backpack and looked around for a place to put it.
It is a spicy, soupy stew that can feature a variety of ingredients - chunks of andouille sausage, pieces of chicken or game, crab claws, or shucked oysters.
She eyed it furtively, then sniffed it suspiciously, but finally discovered that it bore some relation to her native "shucks," when she fell to eagerly. Birds and Poets : with Other Papers
A 2005 report, Transformation: From Myth to Reality, commissioned by Canada, B.C., and the In-SHUCK-ch, calls the First Nation's communities "as isolated as any one can find in Canada", noting that the reserves lack safe road access and land-line telephones and aren't connected to the power grid. The Dominion: All Stories
If we had ep-p-zu-dit we used different things to make tea out of, such as shucks, cow chips, hog hoofs, cow hoofs. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3
But won't they then be more and more distanced from the whole system and in search of ways to shuck these "responsibilities"? Social Security and Real Production, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
I followed him in carefully, pausing to shuck my overshoes and coat, wondering if one of Manatelli's men had come calling. SNOWJOB
So aren't the protestations of terminal scruffiness and aw-shucks fallibility just a little disingenuous?
Their self-deprecating wit, aw-shucks harmonies, and obsession with intoxicating spirits bring to mind Texas roots rockers the Gourds.
The trees were jarred daily from the time the calyx or "shuck" began to slip from the newly set fruit until the beetles had disappeared, or for at least four or five weeks. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916
If you ask me, the whole neighborhood's lucky to be shuck of her. BREACH OF DUTY
The corn shucks kept it safe from the fallout.
On Maryland's Eastern Shore, day laborers show up to shuck oysters, no questions asked, no documents needed.
Perhaps you can enlighten us Hillary supporters (who are slapping our foreheads over Cuomo's embarrassing use of the term shuck and jive) as to why she things that coming across as a racist and using racists in her campaign will help her win the nomination and the election. Hillary Supporter Andrew Cuomo On Her NH Win: "You Can't Shuck And Jive" w/Press Corps
There is a whole subcontinent of them out there in India and they are shucking off the happy-clappy Hare Krishna image of the 60s.
She shucked off her jacket and ran upstairs.
The veteran director (who discussed his experiences making last year's The Wolfman in-depth with me here and here) previously tried his hand at the superhero genre with Disney's highly-underrated The Rocketeer (released twenty years ago this summer), which was also set in the WWII-era, also had Nazis as its villains, and also revolved around an earnest, aw-shucks hero. Zaki Hasan: Zaki's Review: Captain America: The First Avengers
He and his four-piece band begin politely enough, with the jaunty, aw-shucks acoustic strum of Joanna.
Together they dove for shellfish and together, shucked the meat from the shells in their trysting spot, and within a year, the empty shells formed an underwater mound in which creatures of the sea found shelter.
With his phony aw-shucks personality, has won every debate he's been in.
Nature has blessed the British Columbia coast with abundant seafood, and Canada has long ago shucked off its meat-and-potatoes attitude towards dining out - though there are still plenty of places to get really good steak and chips.
Any excuse to slurp a decent oyster, but Racine's Henry Harris, who has shucked a few in his time, recommends a platter of ‘wild native oysters, from a forgotten oyster bed’.
He explained in his aw-shucks style that he had been ‘asked by a lot of people whether this would affect the election.’
Very few of us find it easy to talk about ourselves in anything other than an aw shucks, self-deprecating way. Hiding Behind Your Words « Write Anything
Corn-shuckings were conducted in the same way; nor could a man clear a piece of ground without inviting his neighbors, and having a "clearin '. Fisher's River (North Carolina) Scenes and Characters
the wrong way to shuck clams
I followed him in carefully, pausing to shuck my overshoes and coat, wondering if one of Manatelli's men had come calling. SNOWJOB
Many mayfly species are clumsy swimmers at best, and combine that with shucking their outer nymph skin, they become a flailing treat for the waiting trout.
Oh yeah, and it doesn't go without saying: "shucks" for the praise... Life On Mars
Flandry scrambled back into the overclothes he had shucked while working. A Circus of Hells
From the very beginning, as the sun climbed higher in the sky, humankind has looked onwards and upwards, shucked off winter despair and scratched around for something new to do.
British baronets don't say 'sure,' 'shucks' or vamoose. ' Malcolm Sage, Detective
The guys shucked off their clothes with little thought to modesty, causing Danny's face to redden as she averted her gaze.
New kick-return specialist Brian Mitchell is highly motivated, having been shucked by the Eagles in their annual cost-cutting purge.
And every country faced the same problem when it came to dubbing the aw-shucks ramblings of one of the movie's lead characters - the country bumpkin tow truck Mater, voiced in the movie by Larry the Cable Guy. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
Sitting outside the house shucking oysters is still a common sight in Kinmen, as it has been for the last few centuries.
She dumped her bag with her case notes inside on the dark oak table, shucked off her shoes and padded across the ceramic tiled floor to the food bowls and the baleful cats.
I ask only because we seem today to be much more savvy about being in Important Times, collectively aware that we're passing through history – a tsunami, exploding aircraft, malign old tyrannies being shucked like peas, an old man's important half-truths being pointlessly interrupted by a skidmark – and, being aware that this is living-dramatic, wanting to refract it instantly as drama. Rewind TV: The Hour; The Apprentice; Show Me the Funny; Imagine; Richard Hammond's Journey to the Centre of the Planet; Twenty Twelve – review
Until I moved here, I never knew one should cover the pot of shucked and de-silked ears with a few of the shucks before beginning to boil. September 14, Day of the Charro
Now living on five bucolic acres in Township, Ohio, Eszterhas is a changed man, having shucked the glitz and booze for daily five-mile walks and more time with his four young sons.
The fact that Colmes, who is demonstrably brighter than that, can sit there and shuck and jive with this fool says a lot about him.
Shucks, I'd sooner spend my money on a cow, said the farmer.
It's funny how standing and watching someone shuck raw oysters makes people want to tell their story about the one bad experience they had with the slippery little critters.
It ain't no time when he discovers that by cuttin 'himse'f a bit on the irons, he can shuck the handcuffs whenever he's disposed. Wolfville Nights
To shuck oysters at home, grasp the curved end of each with a towel and, working over a fine strainer set in a bowl to catch juices, push the tip of an oyster knife firmly between the top and bottom shell at the hinge, then twist.
You know the Stephen A. Smith ESPN spots I’m talking about, the ones Jason Whitlock referred to as shucking and jiving. Global Cooling? Perhaps Not. « Lean Left
It was hard to find the skilled labour to remove the scallops from their shells - the shucking. Times, Sunday Times
Shucks!" cried Absalom, unfilially; "ye'd aheap better be a-studyin ' His "Day In Court" 1895
Golkar, he said, had shucked off its authoritarian past and now stood for democracy and the rule of the law.
The kids prep vegetables for the chowder; another group starts shucking corn.
She stood, shucked her breeches then slipped into the steaming water, her fur floating out in a ruff at the waterline.
My fascination with the fact that the term "shucking" applies to shellfish and not just corn (perhaps my Midwest upbringing?), quickly turned to horror at the revolting process that occurs when one is shucking a scallop. Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
Maryland scientists are instead trying to rebuild native oyster stocks by building new beds out of shucked oyster shells and seeding them with native sprat, or baby oysters.
Rytlock ripped the powerstone-enhanced weapon from the chest of a destroyer, shucked the glove from his hand, and flung it to Eir. GuildWars Edge of Destiny
Mayfly nymphs and caddisfly and midge pupae swim to the water's surface, and emergers wiggle and twitch as they climb out of their shucks. 10 Ways to Fool Smart Trout
Anywhere you go in Maryland, you can have a delectable meal of a just-caught fish, or perhaps some freshly shucked oysters, or the state's famous blue crabs, prepared in a multitude of delirious ways.
I don't mind sending physical copies, but if some folks are fine with PDFs there's no point in shucking out for postage, right? Book Reviewers accepting PDFs?
The story is not only poorly done, but in its aw-shucks, nostalgic tone, seems to violate the unsettling, violent spirit of the movie that these extras are supposedly helping us to understand.
He adds a characteristically aw-shucks postscript: ‘I have no way of justifying what I do, no temporal defence at all.’

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