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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1893

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TUCKER, n. Sc. usage in phr. to take the tucker out of, to take the bragadoccio out of.Kcb. 1893 Crockett Stickit Minister 194:
The sight of which . . . took all the tucker out of these very cowardly young men.

[Orig. obscure.]

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