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Definition of Tucking
1. tuck [v] - See also: tuck
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tucking
Literary usage of Tucking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wages and Regularity of Employment in the Dress and Waist Industry of New by Nahum Isaac Stone (1915)
"From this it f ollows that, all things being equal, it requires greater skill to
do short tucking than strip tucking. Short tucking is done only by body ..."
2. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1811)
"... which reach up as far as the knee, and fo tucking up their cloaths on each
fide, they paft through, without being at all wet, or bedaubed with dirt. ..."
3. The Damnation of Theron Ware by Harold Frederic (1896)
""Why, certainly," answered Theron, stretching his legs contentedly under the
table, and tucking the corner of his napkin in his neckband. ..."
4. The Damnation of Theron Ware by Harold Frederic (1896)
""Why, certainly," answered Theron, stretching his legs contentedly under the
table, and tucking the corner of his napkin in his neckband. ..."
5. Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical and Critical by John Cumberland (1827)
"A green great coat, faced with scarlet, green «tucking pantaloons, white kerseymere
waistcoat, nn officer's silk sash, ..."
6. Clothing for Women; Selection, Design, Construction: A Practical Manual for by Laura Irene Baldt (1916)
"... into equal parts, eighths, quarters or halves, and mark with thread, either
a few small running stitches or a cross- Fio. 100.—Running stitch, tucking. ..."
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