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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.
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"Tucker n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 17 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/tucker>
