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Definition of Shucker
1. n. One who shucks oysters or clams
Definition of Shucker
1. Noun. someone who shucks oysters or clams ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shucker
1. one that shucks [n -S] - See also: shucks
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shucker
Literary usage of Shucker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Great American Fraud: Articles on the Nostrum Evil and Quacks, in Two by Samuel Hopkins Adams (1907)
"... of old witch-lore and alchemy, and modern spiritualism, stolen from various
sources. Apparently the ex-oyster-shucker's mantle baa fallen upon Prof. ..."
2. Bulletin of the Department of Labor by United States Dept. of Labor (1901)
"For the oyster shucker is confined to work. If he proves inefficient as a ...
If he is a poor shucker, he does not get the oysters out, and he can not earn ..."
3. Shell-fish Industries by James Lawrence Kellogg (1910)
"In spite of every protection, the shucker's hands are always covered with cuts.
... The swiftness and dexterity developed by an expert shucker are little ..."
4. Shell-fish Industries by James Lawrence Kellogg (1910)
"In spite of every protection, the shucker's hands are always covered with cuts.
... The swiftness and dexterity developed by an expert shucker are little ..."
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