Shucks

The female trico nymphs ascend to the water’s surface first thing in the morning, shed their nymphal shucks and take to the air as adults.

Howard turned 20 during the show's first season, but he still had that baby face and aw-shucks demeanor.

It’s time for Democrats to do away with the mealy-mouthed, aw-shucks, pardon-me, sane, rational, let-me-explain-that-in-more-detail approach, and start smacking people over the head.

And he got that kind of -- aw shucks, thank you very much.

His family (I’ll get to them soon) is profane and flatulent, but there’s just such an aww, shucks personality to Sherman that it just makes me laugh, especially when he curls up his lip like the fumes of a fart are still caught up in his mustache.

Of everyone in the Democratic field thus far, “Mayor Pete” Buttigieg strikes me as the most, “aw, shucks, can’t we all just get along” person in the bunch.

Once he shucks his millionth oyster — a detail that he logs in a little book, to show that he’s been counting every single mollusk for years — Adam storms out of the restaurant to begin his comeback on the European dining scene.

And they’re bringing out the best of Steve Austen, an aw-shucks can-do astronaut that just so happens to have a laser eye,” said editor Nate Cosby.

Belichick just said, “Aw, shucks.

He's got this "Aw Shucks," thing down pat.

There is the now quintessential, unfunny “aw-shucks” humor with Georgie (Montana Jordan), the signature dose of indifference and sardonic barbs from Meemaw’s side, and Sheldon’s general passivity at everything happening around him.

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Meyers 1998, p. 53. Not unlike his screen persona, his communication style frequently consisted of long silences with an occasional "yup" and "shucks".

Minced oath substitutes for the word shit in English include shoot, shucks, and "sugar".