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shucky beans en · NOUN

Etymology

From the method of drying the beans within their shucks.

Meanings

  1. (Appalachia, plural, plural-only) Green beans which have been dried on a string.
    • As much as I would like to say I knew all about shuck [sic] beans from childhood, the truth is, I happened upon this topic by doing some digging on Appalachian foodways, and I liked the word, “shucky beans.” 2021, Mike Templeton, Aw, Shucks: A Brief Discourse on Shucky Beans, page 1:

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