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Shucks!
Meaning
- A mild expression of disappointment, modesty, or frustration. It is a softer way to say damn or express humility.
Humble, old-fashioned
Used in a sentence
- Aw shucks, I really wanted to win that prize.
- When they complimented his work, he just said shucks, it was nothing.
- Shucks, I guess we will have to try again tomorrow.
The backstory
Derived from the word shuck, as in corn husks. It is a quintessential American rustic exclamation of the mid-to-late 19th century.
Heard in
Midwest, The South
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