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Shucking

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    Removal of a shuck; usually:; The act or process of shucking maize.
  2. 2
    Removal of a shuck; usually:; A meeting of neighbours or friends to assist in this task; a fairground competition inspired by such communal work.

    "We attended a corn shucking and two oyster shuckings."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of shuck form-of, gerund, participle, present

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