shucks
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9.7
- noun
- /ʃʌks/
- Slang
- After all the effort we put in, I feel like the project was worth shucks.
Examples
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His excuses for being late were worth shucks to me.
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- Shucks, I could write a better story than that one.
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-Shucks, son of a gun...
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In the last hundred yards before we reached the car, Shucks turned around to look at me, "What's the point of any of this?"
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- Shucks.
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"Shucks"?
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- Shucks.
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The prize for winning that contest is not worth shucks.
Synonyms
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9.9
Something worthless or untrue that people say to you
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6.6
Something of little or no value, often in negative phrases
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8.4
Useless or unimportant things that distract from what matters
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5.5
Something of little or no value
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6.3
A very small amount of money, often meaning nothing at all
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7.9
A word people use to say something has very little value
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9.9
Something of little or no worth
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9.9
A very small amount or nothing at all
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9.9
Something of very poor quality not worth buying
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9.9
Something of very little or no value
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Etymology
The word shucks meaning 'things of little value' comes from shuck, the 'husk' or outer shell people throw away from corn. So if something is 'not worth shucks' it means it is 'not worth even the husk', that is, almost nothing.