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Definition of Tuckered
1. tucker [v] - See also: tucker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tuckered
Literary usage of Tuckered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. My Story of the War: A Woman's Narrative of Four Years Personal Experience by Mary Ashton Rice Livermore (1890)
"... to eight hundred invalid Soldiers in Hospitals — Lady Managers dined by
Gentlemen, who serve the Feast — Mighty Frolic — " Completely tuckered out! ..."
2. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"tuckered out. Exhausted, worn out. 1853 Set us to runnin, an I could tucker him ;
but he would beat me to jumpin, all holler.—' Turnover: a tale of New ..."
3. Life and Writings of Frank Forester (Henry William Herbert.) by Henry William Herbert, Thomas Picton (1882)
"in the shafts, and the new team hitched on behind, and it was a right hot day,
and I was clean tuckered out, and sorrel was tuckered out too, ..."
4. Life and Writings of Frank Forester (Henry William Herbert.) by Henry William Herbert, Thomas Picton (1882)
"in the shafts, and the new team hitched on behind, and it was a right hot day,
and I was clean tuckered out, and sorrel was tuckered out too, ..."
5. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded by John Russell Bartlett (1877)
"tuckered out. Tired out. Used in New York and New England. I guess the Queen
don't do her eating very airly; for we sot and sot, and waited for her, ..."
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