tucker time
/ˈtʌkə tʌɪm
/noun Australian /NZ informal
The time at which a meal is eaten: it’s tucker time now, boss. I go back to work after dinner...
- “It's nigh tucker-time,” he said.
- Right now I could use a little tucker time.
- Miners called a 'tucker time' strike at the local coalmine at Blackball in 1908.