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Re: Some humour from around the World
« Reply #690 on: April 22, 2025, 09:34:48 am »
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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