New Eng. colloq. [f. TUCK v.1; cf. TUCKED ppl. a. 2.] trans. To tire, to weary; usually tucker out; esp. in pa. pple. tuckered out, worn out, exhausted. Hence Tucker sb., the state of being tired out (Cent. Dict., 1891).

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c. 1840.  Story of Bee Tree (Bartlett). I’m clear tuckered out with these young ones.

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1853.  Turnover, vi. 59. Set us to runnin,’ an’ I could tucker him.

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1862.  Lowell, Biglow P., Mason & Slidell, 12. Hard work is good an’ wholesome, past all doubt; But ’t ain’t so, ef the mind gits tuckered out.

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1879.  Howells, L. Aroostook, xxiii. She’s tired to death—quite tuckered, you know.

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1890.  S. W. Baker, Wild Beasts, I. 378. The old bear got regularly tuckered-out.

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