Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fuller.
- To tire; weary; cause to be tired or exhausted: commonly in the phrase tuckered out, as a fish by struggling on the hook.
- noun One who or that which tucks.
- noun A piece of linen, lace, or other delicate fabric, covering the neck and shoulders of a woman above the top of the bodice.
- noun Food: same as
tuck , n., 8. - noun Hence Work by which a miner is hardly able to make a living.
- noun A state of fatigue or exhaustion: as, to put one in a mighty tucker.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, tucks; specifically, an instrument with which tuck are made.
- noun A narrow piece of linen or the like, folded across the breast, or attached to the gown at the neck, forming a part of a woman's dress in the 17th century and later.
- noun Prov. Eng. A fuller.
- noun Slang or Colloq. Daily food; meals; also, food in general.
- transitive verb Colloq. U. S. To tire; to weary; -- usually with out.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun countable Lace or a piece of cloth in the neckline of a dress.
- verb To
tire out or exhaust a person or animal. - noun countable One who or that which
tucks . - noun uncountable, colloquial, Australia, New Zealand
Food .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a sewer who tucks
- noun United States anarchist influential before World War I (1854-1939)
- verb wear out completely
- noun a detachable yoke of linen or lace worn over the breast of a low-cut dress
- noun United States vaudevillian (born in Russia) noted for her flamboyant performances (1884-1966)
Etymologies
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Examples
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June 10th, 2008 1: 36 pm ET he's not being paid to be on the commitee. tucker is lame, and a liar, and a ridiculous republican.
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He also called tucker a dick which was even funnier.
Think Progress » Geraldo attacks Stewart, Colbert for bad taste. 2006
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When Archibald Forbes was in New Zealand a few years ago, he met a peer's son who was earning his 'tucker' as a station-cook.
Australian Writers Desmond Byrne
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With a wild whoop fifty of them dashed for tickets, some "tucker," and
The Kangaroo Marines R. W. Campbell
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An exquisite portrait of Louis Philippe's Queen, Marie Amelia, by the early Victorian painter Winterhalter (whose paintings are again by the revival of fashion coming into favour) shows this fine old _grande dame_ in black velvet dress covered with three graduated flounces of Brussels lace, cap and lappets and "tucker" of the same lace, lace fan, and, sad to relate, a scarf of English machine-made net, worked with English run embroidery!
Chats on Old Lace and Needlework Emily Leigh Lowes
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"Don't mind if I do," each man answered, as he rose from his swag, and moved over to the place where the "tucker" was.
Colonial Born A tale of the Queensland bush G. Firth Scott 1900
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The remainder of the day belonged to the world, to duty, to the man who paid me a pound a week and "tucker" for my hands and arms and as much brains as work with sheep demanded.
A Tramp's Notebook Morley Roberts 1899
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Then follows a feast, the inevitable surfeit, and the dire conclusion that crocodile as "tucker" is no good.
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By rapid travelling our "tucker" could be made to last out the time.
Spinifex and Sand David Wynford Carnegie 1885
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I was the youngest of the party, and consequently the most inexperienced, but my mates good-naturedly overlooked my shortcomings as a prospector and digger, especially as I had constituted myself the "tucker" provider when our usual rations of salt beef ran out.
The Call Of The South 1908 Louis Becke 1884
bilby commented on the word tucker
Australianism - food. Often heard in the compound bush tucker meaning sourced from the wild rather than cultivated.
November 27, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word tucker
Or, if you're WeirdNet, it's an American anarchist active before World War I (1854–1939). That date listing is awfully misleading.
Edit: I meant to say that the date listing should be after "anarchist," not after WWI. Whoops.
November 27, 2007