shucked a helluva lot of bunnies to correct that jaw of yours

[GoodTaste]

I don't understand. What do you mean by "regional English phrase"?

Neither Piscean nor I mentioned anything about regional usage.

If it were not regional, why has the mother used "shuck" to skin rabbits while you and Piscean never used (and will never use) it that way?

 

[GoesStation]

Related side note: Last weekend my friend and I were preparing a garden party for which we had to shuck 48 delicious Irish rock oysters. During our task, we wondered whether it was possible to 'shuck' anything other than oysters. We came up with a few other bivalves as potential candidates. Needless to say, we didn't consider rabbits.

Here in the American Midwest, where the world's best fresh-picked sweet corn is a summertime staple, we only shuck corn ("maize" to the rest of the world).

 

[GoesStation]

If it were not regional, why has the mother used "shuck" to skin rabbits while you and Piscean never used (and will never use) it that way?

She didn't. She used it to refer to the work she'd done with the little kids. She may have named it after some cute thing one of the kids said, or maybe she came up with it after undressing a few of them. It's not commonly used the way she used it.

I wouldn't be surprised if it involved getting kids out of bunny costumes.