Shucker
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Someone who shucks oysters, clams, corn (maize), walnuts, etc.
"“Bill was born near Des Moines, Iowa, and as a boy was knowed as the champion lightweight corn shucker of Hog Bristle County. […]”"
- 2 Someone who shucks or removes something. humorous
"The Kroger supermarket chain […] agreed to weigh out dieters as well as their vegetables. Some 12,000 hopeful pound shuckers herded through the chain’s groceries during the first weekend."
- 3 A device that shucks produce, such as a corn shucker.
"Friends with powerful connections helped him get a corn shucker; he knows of 80 other farmers who are on the waiting list for those machines in a region that is to receive only four during the next two years."
Example
More examples"“Bill was born near Des Moines, Iowa, and as a boy was knowed as the champion lightweight corn shucker of Hog Bristle County. […]”"
Etymology
From shuck + -er.