tucker
tucker1 definition
tucker (tuk′ər)
noun
- a person or device that makes tucks
- a neck and shoulder covering worn with a low-cut bodice by women in the 17th and 18th cent.
- later, a detachable collar or chemisette of thin muslin, etc.
- Austral., Slang food
Etymology: ME toukere, person who dresses cloth stretched on tenterhooks < touken: see tuck
tucker2 definition
☆ tucker (tuk′ər)
transitive verb
Informal to tire (out); weary
Etymology: prob. < tuck, in obs. sense “to punish, rebuke”
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