I am curious how a Tucker equates to food ?
I am curious how a Tucker equates to food ?
Not sure Bruce, just a word that I've grown up with so it sounds natural to me.
Google says -
"This is some great Aussie slang for food that has been in constant use since the 1850s. The original meaning is of a meal, that is, something to be tucked away (in the stomach)".
Whether they nailed it....not sure, could be a furphy.
My BIG (5" thick) Webster's dictionary of the English language does list: Tucker = Food (Australian Slang), as the 5th usage.
My smaller (half as thick) Webster's New World dictionary of the American language does not make that listing.
Somewhere, or somehow, I have come across that usage before, so it is understandable to me, though I don't believe I've ever used it myself.
I think from my memory it was, Tucker = Provisions, to mean Food!?!?
Once again, we see that we are two peoples, separated by a common language ...... ;c)
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I am curious how a Tucker equates to food ?
Not sure Bruce, just a word that I've grown up with so it sounds natural to me.
Google says -
"This is some great Aussie slang for food that has been in constant use since the 1850s. The original meaning is of a meal, that is, something to be tucked away (in the stomach)".
Whether they nailed it....not sure, could be a furphy.
I know this is a rather farfetched reach, but we used to bring in food and supplies to the Research Station, when the road was closed to snow, using a Tucker Snow Cat, as long as the lower part of the road was still open. If not, everything including us, was brought in by helicopter!
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Hilarious!
Even better that it came from June Cleaver 😂
Nick, I wouldn't think you were old enough to know that!?!?
Must have been old reruns you were watching!
Haha even Airplane is quite a bit older than me, but seen it many times
Spent many summers at the lake with my grandma watching tv land every night, Beverly Hillbillies is still one of my favorite shows.