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tucker1 definition

tucker (tuk′ər)

noun

  1. a person or device that makes tucks
    1. a neck and shoulder covering worn with a low-cut bodice by women in the 17th and 18th cent.
    2. later, a detachable collar or chemisette of thin muslin, etc.
  3. 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”

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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