Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To pick from the husk or shuck leaving the latter attached to the stalk: said of the ears of maize. Compare
snap , v. t., 9.
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Examples
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The corn is all gathered and has done very well - 814 bushels of slip-shuck corn on seven acres.
A Woman Rice Planter 1914
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