tuckerbag
tuckerbag noun: a traditional bag for carrying food (tucker), often a pouch with a drawstring.
Noun
tuckerbag (plural tuckerbags)
- 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) - ‘I had to keep going; had to keep the tucker-bags filled somehow.’1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 243
- Down came a jumbuck to drink at the billabong,
Forms of tuckerbag
| plural | tuckerbags |
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Origin of tuckerbag
From tucker + bag.
Questions about tuckerbag
- What does tuckerbag mean?
- Tuckerbag means a traditional bag for carrying food (tucker), often a pouch with a drawstring.
- What part of speech is tuckerbag?
- Tuckerbag is a noun.
- What is the plural of tuckerbag?
- The plural of tuckerbag is tuckerbags.
Words near tuckerbag in the dictionary
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