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shuck

[shuhk] / ʃʌk /


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The actor learned to shuck oysters and clean fish to play a mentor to a teenage Anthony Bourdain in the new movie “Tony.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

So, it came as a major surprise when I learned that several markets now advise their consumers to shuck their corn at home.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2023

I’ll put one of my oyster plates in the freezer while I shuck the oysters from the farmers market.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2023

Once we build the fire, we shuck the oysters and open some champagne or chablis.

From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2022

“That’s why those things are shuck full of Maps.”

From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner

During his $45 two-hour tours that embark from a dock at Schooner Landing, Holmes offers a steady patter of oyster-related wisecracks, as his partner, Olga Oros, shucks and hands out shellfish.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

I didn’t want to be the aww shucks dad, “kids are so crazy” comic, so I appreciate you noticing that.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026

The NFL issued a $10 million fine — so, shucks, poor Dan will have to put his next super yacht on layaway — and shifted day-to-day control of the team to his wife, Tanya.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 23, 2022

He might as well have said, "Aw, shucks."

From Fox News ● Feb. 5, 2022

“Aw, shucks, Mr. Lewis, I swear, but I’d feel a lot better if I could take a doggone nap.”

From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis


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