tucker
One who or that which tucksOne who or that which tucks.
» I'm plum tuckered out.
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5 senses(countable)One who or that which tucks.
a sewer who tucks
(Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, uncountable)Food; tuck.
(countable, dated, slang, uncountable)Work that scarcely yields a living wage.
(countable)Lace or a piece of cloth in the neckline of a dress.
a detachable yoke of linen or lace worn over the breast of a low-cut dress
(obsolete)A fuller; one who fulls cloth.
Examples
8 sentencesI'm plum tuckered out.
I'm all tuckered out.
Mary would have died from hunger if Tom hadn't had expert knowledge of bush tucker.
I'm plum tuckered.
I'm tuckered out.
Origin
From tuck + -er. Inherited from Middle English tukere (“one who dresses or finishes clothFrom tuck + -er.
Inherited from Middle English tukere (“one who dresses or finishes cloth”).
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Forms
plural: tuckersSynonyms
3 synonyms- United States vaudevillian (born in Russia) noted for her flamboyant performances (1884-1966):Sophie Tucker
- United States anarchist influential before World War I (1854-1939):Benjamin TuckerBenjamin Ricketson Tucker
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.