shuck2 v Cp EDD ~ v2 5 'to take off husks; to shell peas, beans, etc.' (a) To remove the shell or body casing of shrimps; (b) to remove a boiled pudding from its cloth bag.
[1900] 1989 Nfld Qtly lxxxv (2), 27 One cook with a handgaff pulled 'duffs' from the pot and dropped them in a barrel of cold water to cool them enough to 'shuck' or turn them out of the pudding cloths. 1982 MCDOOLING 125 They shipped in shrimps [to Conche] and the women acquired the stamps they needed by shucking shrimps.
