Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who husks; especially, one who husks corn; one who takes part in a husking-bee.
- noun A tool or machine for removing the husks from maize.
- noun Among oystermen, an oysteropener; a shucker.
- noun plural In ornithology, the Deglubitores, the third order of birds in Macgillivray's system. See
Deglubitores .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
husks (as one who removes the husks, leaves, from ears ofcorn ). - noun US, slang A
fan orsupporter of the Nebraska Cornhuskers, the sports teams of the University of Nebraska.
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Re: [husker] The Scarlet Letter (another word game)
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(This post was edited by Brian on Nov 3, 2009, 8: 53 AM) husker
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(This post was edited by husker on Apr 9, 2009, 1: 44 PM)
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(This post was edited by Rolly on Jan 6, 2010, 8: 03 AM) husker
Medical again 2010
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Re: [husker] The Scarlet Letter/Translations needed
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A clean house is the sign of a broken computer. husker
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(It is hard for me to sometimes put into words what I really mean, but I hope you get my understanding of the event, I will think about it for a very long time). husker
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(It is hard for me to sometimes put into words what I really mean, but I hope you get my understanding of the event, I will think about it for a very long time). husker
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I have done it that way a couple of times. jerezano husker
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Re: [husker] The Scarlet Letter (another word game)
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