Definitions
Wiktionary
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of tucker out.
- adj. idiomatic tired, exhausted, worn out; spent
Examples
“One evening, plumb tuckered out – it had been a dreadful hard hot day, and the bread wouldn't raise and the churning had gone wrong, and I was all irritated and jerky – well, that evening I made mention to dad of this wanting to run of mine.”
“I gave up at last and bedded down - and had the horrors when I woke to find that Mrs Popplewell was absent and the door ajar, but at that moment I heard her on the landing saying she'd take the tray in herself, 'cos Mistuh Popplewell wuz still abed, plain tuckered out he wuz - this with a lewd giggle for the waiter's benefit - and here she came, fat cheeks wreathed in smiles, bearing vittles and news.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘tuckered out’.
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EN - Old Western Slang
a hog-killin' time, a lick and a promise, according to Hoyle, ace-high, all down but nine, arbuckle's, at sea, back down, balled up, bang-up, bazoo, bear sign and 212 more...
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consarn it!
words that might be overheard at a hootenanny
consarn it, crick, coot, whippersnapper, heck to breakfast, hootenanny, yippie ki-yi-yay, shindig, fishin', yee haw, cattywampus, codger and 35 more...
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