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单词 tuck-up
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tuck-upn.

Etymology: < the verbal phrase to tuck up: see tuck v.1 6, 9Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtuck-up.
1. A fold or plait of hair. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > tresses or plaits
tracec1380
plight?1387
tressa1400
plexc1450
braid1530
tuck1532
buoy-rope1546
trammels1589
entrammelling1598
border1601
point1604
pleat?1606
trammelets1654
maze1657
brede1696
queue1724
pigtail?1725
tie1725
cue1731
tuck-up1749
tutulus1753
club1786
tail1799
French twist1850
Grecian plait1851
French plait1871
horse's tail1873
Gretchen braid, plait1890
shimada1910
ponytail1916
French braid1937
cane row1939
dreadlocks1960
French pleat1964
Tom Jones1964
corn row1971
dread1984
club-pigtail-
1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 186 His hair, which was of a perfect shining black, play'd to his face in natural side-curls, and was set out with a smart tuck-up behind.
2. A boat of a particular construction (see quot. 1889).
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [noun] > having specific shape of stern
hackboat1699
pink-stern1759
tuck-up1887
1887 Forest & Stream 24 Feb. 94/1 The tuckup could swing 300 sq. ft. if desired.
1889 W. P. Stephens Canoe & Boat Building (ed. 4) 239 The peculiar name ‘tuckup’ is derived from the fact that in building, the flat keel is not carried out straight from the stem to sternpost..but it..‘tucks up’..to the height of the waterline.
3. The action or an act of tucking someone up in bed.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > bed related to sleep or rest > [noun] > action of putting to bed
tuck-up1915
1915 H. L. Wilson Ruggles of Red Gap iv. 81 I was strangely a little warmed at thinking I might not have seen the last of Cousin Egbert, whom I had just given a tuckup.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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