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Meanings of tucker in English

Catalan
esgotar-se

Wear out completely.

        esgotar-se
        Catalan
        sophie tucker
        Spanish
        sophie tucker

        United States vaudevillian (born in Russia) noted for her flamboyant performances (1884-1966)

              sophie tucker
              Spanish
              pechera

              Narrow piece of linen or lace worn by women to fill in a low neckline, from the 17th-19th centuries.

                    pechera
                    Usage of tucker in English
                    1
                    A tucker of rich Dresden lace softened the contour of the figure.
                    The Spy
                    2
                    This is not the expected world of bush tucker and dot paintings.
                    BBC
                    3
                    Bridget liked seeing Colin hail-fellow-well-met with them all-sharingtucker and quart-pottea.
                    Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life
                    4
                    Then bring that, and any tucker you can lay your hands on.
                    For the Term of His Natural Life
                    5
                    But then she's olas gitten her best bib and tucker on nowadays.
                    The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance
                    6
                    Now let's put these memories back before they tucker me out completely.
                    Green Valley
                    7
                    More better place, plenty tucker, no work, sit-down, play about all day.
                    My Tropic Isle
                    8
                    You are good fellows, for there ain't much tucker aboard, I know.
                    For the Term of His Natural Life
                    9
                    Machine stitching: Straight seams and rows; hems; facings-points ;useof tucker.
                    The Making of a Trade School
                    10
                    And she had earrings and a brooch in the lace tucker.
                    A Little Girl in Old Boston
                    11
                    The audience is out in its best bib and tucker, too.
                    Grace Harlowe's Second Year at Overton College
                    12
                    Nature appears to have on her best bib and tucker for the occasion.
                    North of Fifty-Three
                    13
                    There are thousands on the rushes who do not make tucker.
                    In the Roaring Fifties
                    14
                    The boddice was long and close, with a very low tucker.
                    The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 19,...
                    15
                    How do you go on for tucker, if you aren't in a camp?
                    A Town like Alice
                    16
                    Since when do you answer the phone 'Aaron Tucker?' asked my wife.
                    A farewell to legs: an aaron tucker mystery
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