Meanings
alternative shuck beans
- Appalachiapluralplural onlyGreen 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 1Synonyms: leatherbritches
Synonyms & antonyms
nounGreen beans which have been dried on a string.
Origin
From the method of drying the beans within their shucks.
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