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tucker-bag

tucker-bag is the alternative form of tuckerbag.

Meaning of tuckerbag

Noun

tuckerbag (plural tuckerbags)

  1. (Australia) A traditional bag for carrying food (tucker), often a pouch with a drawstring.
    • Down came a jumbuck to drink at the billabong,
      Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee.
      And he said as he put him away in the tucker bag
      `You'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me!'1895, “Waltzing Matilda”, Banjo Paterson (lyrics)

Forms of tucker-bag

pluraltucker-bags

Questions about tucker-bag

What is tucker-bag the alternative form of?
Tucker-bag is the alternative form of tuckerbag.

Words near tucker-bag in the dictionary

  1. tucker fucker
  2. tucker fuckers
  3. tucker out
  4. Tucker telephone
  5. Tucker telephones
  6. tucker-bag
  7. tucker-bags
  8. tucker-box
  9. tucker-boxes
  10. tuckerbag
  11. tuckerbags

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