Tucker

Definition

tucker /'tʌkǝ(r)/ n ❍ BEST

Examples

1. ‘For thousands of years bush tucker was the only food eaten in Australia - food that hopped
2. crawled
3. slithered or grew in a land populated entirely by indigenous people.’
4. ‘Is your research suggesting that land management
5. spending more time in the bush
6. eating bush tucker
7. is a serious health strategy that could really make a difference?’
8. ‘And classic Aussie tucker isn't forgotten either
9. if this is what you're after it's worth heading to the Roadkill cafe
10. a favourite with international visitors!’
11. ‘The day will feature informal workshops on face painting and wool weaving
12. information displays
13. kids activities and a BBQ of traditional tucker.’
14. ‘The second kind of food
15. bush tucker
16. is not as readily available.’
17. ‘The term tucker presumably developed because they were at first loosely tucked in to the bodice of the dress.’
18. ‘The way he went after that plump sister in the lace tucker
19. was an outrage on the credulity of human nature.’
20. ‘You can imagine that this leaves me somewhat tuckered out at the end of a given day.’
21. ‘Once he is tuckered out his opponent will take over and win easily.’
22. ‘Working women are more likely than their male colleagues to be tuckered out when they get home.’
23. ‘Hearing the sound of snoring
24. she turned around and saw that Robert had fallen asleep
25. having tuckered himself out from all the excitement.’
26. ‘At the two hour mark I was really getting pretty tuckered out
27. and began making silly mistakes.’
28. ‘The two of them were so tuckered out it didn't take much.’
29. ‘‘Well
30. we are tuckered out and couldn't figure out which bus take
31. ’ I said.’
32. ‘By late Sunday afternoon
33. it had started to rain
34. and many of us were pretty tuckered out
35. so this work didn't proceed as rapidly as we had hoped.’
36. ‘Toward the end of the movie
37. though
38. even they were worn out; plum tuckered by the endless repetition.’
39. ‘After half an hour of this
40. he was tuckered out and wandered off.’
41. ‘‘She had a big day at her great-grandma's birthday party
42. and she's pretty tuckered out
43. ’ Miranda said.’
44. ‘After the celebration
45. at midnight
46. everybody was all tuckered out and one by one
47. went off to bed.’
48. ‘Victoria noted this uncharacteristic compliance
49. and asked
50. ‘Are you all tuckered out
51. sweetie?’’