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Meaning of TUCKER

Pronunciation:  'tukur, 'tukur

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a detachable yoke of linen or lace worn over the breast of a low-cut dress
  2. [n]  a sewer who tucks
  3. [n]  United States vaudevillian (born in Russia) noted for her flamboyant performances (1884-1966)
  4. [n]  United States anarchist influential before World War I (1854-1939)
  5. [v]  wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam"
 
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 Synonyms: beat, Benjamin Ricketson Tucker, exhaust, Sophie Tucker, tucker out, wash up
 
 See Also: anarchist, fag, fag out, fatigue, frazzle, jade, nihilist, outwear, play, sewer, syndicalist, tire, tire out, vaudevillian, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary, yoke

 

 

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Tucker
When young Shell Tucker sees Bob Heseltine`s gang rob his father of $20,000, he knows what he has to do. While tracking the thieves and the gold from Colorado to California, Tucker is shot by the outlaws and left to die. Now Tucker`s mad enough to want to live--and to wreak vengeance on the thieves.

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Tuck"er\, n. [Cf. {Tuck}, n., 5.]
    Daily food; meals; also, food in general. [Slang or Colloq.]
          Tobacco, matches, and tucker, the latter comprising
          almost anything within the province of food. --C. L.
                                                   Money.
    
  2. \Tuck"er\, n.
    1. One who, or that which, tucks; specifically, an instrument
       with which tuck are made.
    2. 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.
    3. [See {Tuck}, v. t., 4.] A fuller. [Prov. Eng.]
    
  3. \Tuck"er\, v. t.
    To tire; to weary; -- usually with out. [Colloq. U. S.]
    
 

 

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