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wild as a Tuckernuck steer

wild as a Tuckernuck steer adjective: wild, reckless, harum-scarum.

Adjective

wild as a Tuckernuck steer (not comparable)

  1. (US, rare, simile) Wild, reckless, harum-scarum.
    • “Sounds wild as a Tuckernuck steer,” he observed. “What brings Peleg here now, Sister Abby? Thee said his last letter told thee of his fine new job ..."1939, Enid Johnson, Anne Merriman Peck, Ho for Californy!
    • […] and went hand over hand, a knife in his teeth — wild as a Tuckernuck steer, Fred was — out the line, cut away the lashings, […]1942, Elizabeth Hollister Frost, This side of land: an island epic, page 89

Examples of wild as a Tuckernuck steer in a sentence

  • "Davy was born as wild as a Tuckernuck steer and time ain't chastened him none."1961, Danger to windward, page 25:
  • The shock of the frigid sea made my nerves wild as a Tuckernuck steer.2007, Michael Hite, The Last Boat, →ISBN, page 2:

Questions about wild as a Tuckernuck steer

What does wild as a Tuckernuck steer mean?
Wild as a Tuckernuck steer means wild, reckless, harum-scarum.
How do you use wild as a Tuckernuck steer in a sentence?
"Davy was born as wild as a Tuckernuck steer and time ain't chastened him none."
What part of speech is wild as a Tuckernuck steer?
Wild as a Tuckernuck steer is an adjective.

Words near wild as a Tuckernuck steer in the dictionary

  1. wild almonds
  2. wild and woolly
  3. wild and wooly
  4. wild animal
  5. wild animals
  6. wild as a Tuckernuck steer
  7. wild as a wet hen
  8. wild asparagus
  9. wild asparaguses
  10. wild ass
  11. wild asses

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