Definition of "tucker" [tuck•er]

• One that tucks, especially an attachment on a sewing machine for making tucks. (noun)
• A piece of linen or frill of lace formerly worn by women around the neck and shoulders. (noun)
• Informal To make weary; exhaust. (verb-transitive)

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• "June 10th, 2008 1: 36 pm ET he's not being paid to be on the commitee. tucker is lame, and a liar, and a ridiculous republican."
• "He also called tucker a dick which was even funnier."
• "An exquisite portrait of Louis Philippe's Queen, Marie Amelia, by the early Victorian painter Winterhalter (whose paintings are again by the revival of fashion coming into favour) shows this fine old _grande dame_ in black velvet dress covered with three graduated flounces of Brussels lace, cap and lappets and "tucker" of the same lace, lace fan, and, sad to relate, a scarf of English machine-made net, worked with English run embroidery!"