At a banquet, servants are shucking oysters as fast as they can be consumed.
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Or will heshuckthat responsibility on to the housing authority?
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Some considered it akin to quilting or corn shucking.
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They bought groceries, dry goods, shoes, tobacco, kerosene, men's overalls and shirts, mittens, canned goods, shucking pegs, ammunition, and candy.
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Opening or shucking oysters has become a competitive sport.
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Tilden is evidently mentally unwell as he sits, shucking corn into a bucket.
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Activities include a parade, talent show, and various competitions such as an oyster shucking contest, ping pong tournament, and a survival suit race.
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They loaned livestock and grazing land to one another and worked together to spin yarn, sew quilts, andshuckcorn.
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Every morning the workersshuckbushels of corn, hand wash selected greens and snap the fresh green beans by hand.
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It features oyster shucking in front of the customer, and patrons may make their own oyster sauces from condiments on the tables.
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It is usually acquired when the contents of the oyster come in contact with a cut skin lesion, as when shucking an oyster.
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An unusual use for horses was found in shucking wheat or barley.
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This involves a large numbers of workers and associated social events (husking or shucking bees).
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The winner gets $500 added to their till, and gets to move on to the next city, while the other team has toshuck6 bushels (600 pounds) of clams.
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Frolics were community events often associated with events such as corn shucking, house raising, etc., with a feast and dancing at the end of the labors.
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