corn-shucking

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

An occasion on which a farmer invites the young people of the neighborhood to his house or barn, to aid him in stripping the shucks from his corn.--See husking.


The young people were all gibberin', and talkin', and laughin', as if they'd been to a corn-shuckin', more'n to a meetin' house.--Major Jones.

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