shucking

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shucking

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of shuck

noun shuckings

The act or process of shucking maize.
Similar: husking, cornshucking, cornhusking
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.
Similar: husking, husking bee, cornshucking, cornhusking

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@misc{shucking_2026,
  title = {shucking},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shucking},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}