After this there came the shucking of the corn, a negro frolic even in war years, so long as there was any corn to shuck, and lastly the counting of the full bags of grain before the heavy wagon was sent to the little mill beside the river.
Social Affairs--Corn Shuckings, Quiltings and Dances The biggest time I remember on the plantations was corn shucking time.
The corn shucking was always at night, and only as much corn as they thought would be shucked was brought from the cribs.
Another amusement of those days, and one that did not fall into disfavor for many years thereafter, was what was known as "shucking bees.
The contest was then begun with much gusto and the party first shucking its allotment declared the winner.
Long Canyon—" Perse Donally, one of the other Anglo riders, paused in shucking his shirt to look inquiringly over his shoulder.
But the Texan was shucking boots and clothing in turn.
He said that when the corn-shucking time came, both whites and blacks would gather at a certain plantation.
Dey use'er hab some uv dem corn-shucking 'bout dere but I ne'er take no part in none uv dat.
I suppose you girls are looking forward to the corn-shucking to-night?
Look to me like they enjoyed the corn shucking as much as they did anything else.
They would have a whole lot of corn to shuck, and they would give the corn shucking and the barbecue together.
So you know that they must have been some shucking done.
Whenever dey was going to shuck all night de women would piece quilts while de men shuck de corn and you could hear 'em singing and shucking corn.
I've heard 'bout shucking up de corn, but give me dem cotton pickings.
During de fall months dey would have corn shucking and cotton pickings and would give a prize to de one who would pick de highest amount of cotton or shuck de largest pile of corn.
Numerous shanties of this sort are used for "shucking out" clams when marketed by the gallon.
The relative decrease in price as compared with Newburyport is due to the fact that shucking is not so extensively practised here.
Little if any shucking is done by the south shore clammers.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "shucking" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
