Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who shucks; one who shells nuts, corn, oysters, or the like.
- noun A hulling-machine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who shucks oysters or clams.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun someone who
shucks oysters orclams
Etymologies
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Examples
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Nothing else works quite as well especially not a clam shucker, which is a totally different tool, although a medium-sized screwdriver will do in a pinch.
THE ARROWS COOKBOOK Clark Frasier 2003
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“On the house, Shark Girl,” said the shucker when they asked for the bill.
Shore Thing Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi 2011
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In one swift move, she withdraws the shucker from Brad's leg, gives Jane her EpiPen shot and douses Max with a bucket of water before coolly settling in to watch The Lincoln Lawyer.
Top Moments: Flash-Dancing with Nancy Grace and The Good Wife's Sexy Tease 2011
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“On the house, Shark Girl,” said the shucker when they asked for the bill.
Shore Thing Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi 2011
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If I want an oyster shucker, a bread knife or something for chopping bones, I wouldn't buy a Japanese knife.
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The typical tool is a dull but strong knife which they employ as can opener, carver, and shucker.
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The shucking house has a long table, with a stall allotted to each shucker.
For Chesapeake shuckers, Gulf oil spill means the world is no longer their oysters 2010
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The shucking house has a long table, with a stall allotted to each shucker.
For Chesapeake shuckers, Gulf oil spill means the world is no longer their oysters 2010
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Unless you honestly think that the framers of the Constitution, and the now protectors of same, are "way out there on the left" than you, "Sir" or Ms, are a dishonest jive shucker of the worst sort.
Hillary Says She Would Support Filibuster Of Intel Committee's Telecom Immunity Bill 2009
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Well, we got two small platters of oysters (we balked at the Shucker's Choice, found that one just wasn't enough, and we came this close to getting a third, bringing us up to 18, and just asking our friendly neighborhood shucker to cut us the Shucker's Choice price retroactively), consisting of Colville Bays (P.E.I.)
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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