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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| aw-shucks |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  ô sh ks |
| ADJECTIVE: | Informal Characterized by a shy, self-effacing, often unsophisticated manner: “He grinned his aw-shucks grin, passed a hand over his face and said, ‘Hi ya, guys!’” (William Manchester). |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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