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shuck-and-jive

shuck-and-jive is the alternative form of shuck and jive.

Meaning of shuck and jive

Noun

shuck and jive (usually uncountable, plural shucks and jives or shuck and jives)

  1. (derogatory, offensive, slang, usually) Deceit.
    • More often than not, the I've-really-paid-my-dues stance adopted by country singers is pure shuck and jive. That's not the case with Hank Williams Jr.1979 December 21, “Hank Williams Jr. at the Roxy”, in Los Angeles Times

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Questions about shuck-and-jive

What is shuck-and-jive the alternative form of?
Shuck-and-jive is the alternative form of shuck and jive.

Words near shuck-and-jive in the dictionary

  1. shuck beans
  2. shuck down
  3. shuck off
  4. shuck pen
  5. shuck pens
  6. shuck-and-jive
  7. shucked
  8. shucked and jived
  9. shucked down
  10. shucked off
  11. shucker

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