Tucker

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt A Fuller.

II. Tucker ·add. ·noun Daily food; meals; also, food in general.

III. Tucker ·noun One who, or that which, tucks; specifically, an instrument with which tuck are made.

IV. Tucker ·vt To Tire; to Weary;

— usually with out.

V. Tucker ·noun A narrow piece of linen or the like, folded across the breast, or attached to the gown at the neck, forming a part of a woman's dress in the 17th century and later.

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