---

• n  material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
• v  remove from the shell
  shuck oysters
• v  remove the shucks from
  shuck corn

• The 32nd's soldiers came to know him as a general who liked to shuck his shirt when the sun was hot, as a kidder who seldom seemed worried.
• They fail him, most of them, and after their effort to shuck him off onto the insane asylum collapses, the deeper tragedy follows.
• Even the Indonesians have been persuaded to shuck their fears of divine indignation; last week they received 600 tons of harvested IR8 from the Philippines in the first .

• chaff
• husk
• stalk
• straw
• stubble

News & Articles

---

• Arcata Main Street's 23rd Annual Oyster Festival
  More oysters on one block than you've ever seen. Grilled, raw, soused and adorned -- prepared by local restaurateurs. Live music. Oyster shuck-and-suck contest. Oyster calling contest. Long lines for beer. Delicious fish tacos and pizza, for you bivalve-shunners. This is where you want to be today.
  June 15, 2013 - The North Coast Journal
• Strop hit hard in Orioles' 9-5 loss to Angels
  Baltimore Orioles second baseman Ryan Flaherty (3) can't handle a ball that went for a single by Los Angeles Angels' J.B. Shuck during the first inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, June 12, 2013, in Baltimore.
  June 12, 2013 - Journal Gazette & Times-Courier
• Angels' J.B. Shuck loses sight of what's in front of him on bases
  Shuck's baserunning error against the Red Sox in the eighth inning kills a rally as Josh Hamilton is coming up. However, his work in place of Peter Bourjos has been solid. — Left fielder J.B. Shuck had a nice six-week run as a fill-in for injured starter Peter Bourjos , hitting .259 with 10 runs and 11 runs batted in and playing solid defense in 34 games, but it ended on a sour note Sunday.
  June 10, 2013 - Los Angeles Times

Quotes

---

• Hank Aaron in USA Today
  This is not the easiest city to play in,Aaron said. "You can't shuck 'n jive the people in this city."
• Mitt Romney in Forbes
  You peel shrimp and shuck oysters,said Romney political consultant Warren Tompkins.
• Andrew Cuomo in CNN Political Ticker
  In a discussion with an Albany radio station, Cuomo offered this assessment of Clinton's win in New Hampshire as it relates to retail politics: "It's not a TV-crazed race. Frankly you can't buy your way into it," Cuomo said. "You can't shuck...