tucker

I will take my French mastiff Rosie for a hike at Fryman Canyon to tucker her out for the day and also just feel like I moved on a Sunday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025

"Goannas are significant cultural totems for Traditional Owners across northern Australia, and an important bush tucker food," Dr Ward-Fear says.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 9, 2024

The duchess joked that she thought she was "in trouble" and that they were going to make her do one of their "tucker trials."

From Fox News ● Oct. 19, 2021

“We’ve always shot bush tucker to eat. That’s one thing I like about ’roo shooting.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2021

“Gods, I’m exhausted. There’s nothing like the certain knowledge of your own death to tucker you out.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

In their best bibs and tuckers, Hollywood's finest lined up with Britain's luvvie elite to tussle over, to quote Billy Connolly, "a death mask on a stick".

From The Guardian ● Feb. 14, 2013

Gonzalez Videla's old ambassadorial friend from Vichy, Admiral William D. Leahy, the vice presidents from Argentina, Peru and Brazil all turned up in their best bibs & tuckers.

From Time Magazine Archive

"But that necktie and that gown—and all those frills and tuckers?" continued Jim generalizing, with a rapid twirling of his fingers over her.

From The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh and Other Tales by Harte, Bret

Then parrots, lap-dogs, monkeys, squirrels, beaus, Fans, ribbands, tuckers, patches, furbaloes, In quick succession, thro' their fancies run, And dance incessant on the flippant tongue.

From The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant by Moore, John Hamilton

Agnes and Catherine Johnstone were invited to take tea with some friends at Lowton last Thursday, and I gave them leave to put on clean tuckers for the occasion.”

From Jane Eyre by Townsend, F. H.

Labs are happiest in an active household, but when they’re tuckered out, prepare yourself for a cuddle fest — and to be amazed at how much space one dog can take up in your bed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2025

Other than everybody just getting tuckered out — perpetual conflict can be exhausting — the reality is that Sawant has always been more story than substance.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 21, 2023

And on Tuesday, he was so tuckered from his 121-pitch no-hit bid six days earlier, that Manager Dusty Baker took him out after just 93 pitches.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 28, 2017

Meanwhile, Daenerys Targaryen, the most anime of all Game of Thrones characters, is off who-knows-where with Drogon, who is understandably tuckered out after their great escape.

From The Verge ● Jun. 16, 2015

We were tuckered out, as my mother would say.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Presently, however, they slowed down to a "dog trot" at the suggestion of Clifford Long, who warned his fellow Scouts against "tuckering themselves out."

From Campfire Girls in the Allegheny Mountains or, A Christmas Success against Odds by Francis, Stella M.

I wuz most melted too, for St. Louis weather is tuckering to them that can't stand heat.

From Samantha at the St. Louis Exposition by Holley, Marietta

There, in the half-shade, he saw the horse standing, the sunshine and the tuckering shadow of leaves dancing over his brown body.

From The Prussian Officer by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)