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tucker

[tuhk-er]

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noun

a person or thing that tucks.

a piece of linen, muslin, or the like, worn by women about the neck and shoulders.

chemisette.

a sewing machine attachment for making tucks.

Australian. food.

Origin:
1225–75; Middle English tokere. See tuck¹, -er¹

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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.

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verb (used with object) Informal.

to weary; tire; exhaust (often followed by out): The game tuckered him out.

Origin:
1825–35, Americanism; tuck¹ + -er⁶

noun

Richard, 1915–75, U.S. operatic tenor.

Sophie (Sophie Abruza), 1884–1966, U.S. singer and entertainer, born in Russia.

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tucker¹ (ˈtʌkə)

—n
1.	a person or thing that tucks
2.	a detachable yoke of lace, linen, etc, often white, worn over the breast, as of a low-cut dress
3.	an attachment on a sewing machine used for making tucks at regular intervals
4.	old-fashioned (Austral), (NZ) an informal word for food

tucker² (ˈtʌkə)

—vb (usually foll by out)
	informal chiefly (US), (Canadian) to weary or tire completely

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Word Origin & History

tucker

"piece of lace worn around the neck," 1688, from M.E. tokker "tucker, one who dresses or finishes cloth" (see tuck).

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tucker

"to tire, weary," 1833, New England slang, of uncertain origin, perhaps from tucked (pp. of tuck (v.)), which had, in ref. to dogs, a slang sense of "exhausted, underfed."

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Idioms & Phrases

tucker

see best bib and tucker.