| 释义 |
tucker moneynoun [mass noun] Australian informal, datedA very small income or very small sum of money: I just work here for tucker money...- The old pick-and-shovel, dynamite and dry-blowing methods were no longer yielding more than "tucker money" at the gold-fields.
- We all stay with Mother an' Father, him go work an' perhaps bring back tucker money.
- Some of them are just making tucker money.
Origin Mid 19th century: from the notion that the sum is enough to buy food only. |