In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
TUCKER
tucker
(noun) a detachable yoke of linen or lace worn over the breast of a low-cut dress
tucker
(noun) a sewer who tucks
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(noun) United States anarchist influential before World War I (1854-1939)
exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out
(verb) wear out completely; “This kind of work exhausts me”; “I’m beat”; “He was all washed up after the exam”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
tucker (third-person singular simple present tuckers, present participle tuckering, simple past and past participle tuckered)
(slang) To tire out or exhaust a person or animal.
Noun
tucker (countable and uncountable, plural tuckers)
(countable) One who or that which tucks.
(uncountable, colloquial, Australia, New Zealand) Food.
(slang, dated) Work that scarcely yields a living wage.
Etymology 2
Noun
tucker (plural tuckers)
(countable) Lace or a piece of cloth in the neckline of a dress.
(obsolete) A fuller; one who fulls cloth.
Anagrams
• retuck
Proper noun
Tucker (plural Tuckers)
A south-western English occupational surname; equivalent to Fuller.
A male given name from surnames, of modern usage.
Anagrams
• retuck
Source: Wiktionary
Tuck"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, tucks; specifically, an instrument with which tuck are made.
2. 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.
3. Etym: [See Tuck, v. t., 4.]
Definition: A fuller. [Prov. Eng.]
Tuck"er, v. t.
Definition: To tire; to weary; -- usually with out. [Colloq. U. S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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