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单词 tucker
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tucker

(tʌkəʳ)
uncountable noun
Tucker is food.
[mainly Australian, informal]
...a man who knows what constitutes decent tucker and how to go about serving itup.

tucker in British English 1

(ˈtʌkə)
noun
1. 
a person or thing that tucks
2. 
a detachable yoke of lace, linen, etc, often white, worn over the breast, as of a low-cut dress
3. 
an attachment on a sewing machine used for making tucks at regular intervals
4.  Australian and New Zealand old-fashioned an informal word for food

tucker in British English 2

(ˈtʌkə)
verb
(tr; often passive; usually foll by out) informal, mainly US and Canadian
to weary or tire completely

tucker in American English 1

(ˈtʌkər)
noun
1. 
a person or device that makes tucks
2. 
a. 
a neck and shoulder covering worn with a low-cut bodice by women in the 17th and 18th cent.
b. 
later, a detachable collar or chemisette of thin muslin, etc.
3.  Austral, Slang
food
Word origin
ME toukere, person who dresses cloth stretched on tenterhooks < touken: see tuck1

tucker in American English 2

(ˈtʌkər)
US
verb transitive
Informal
to tire (out); weary
Word origin
prob. < tuck1, in obs. sense “to punish, rebuke”

Examples of 'tucker' in a sentence
tucker

Four big boxes of food enough to keep Macleod in tucker for a month.
Terman, Douglas CORMORANT (1990)
He follows everybody's advice except mine about how to spend the mine tucker.
Spellman, Cathy Cash PAINT THE WIND (1990)
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