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*(all) tuckered out

Rur. tired out; worn out. (*Typically: be ~; get ~.) Poor John worked so hard that he's all tuckered out. Look at that little baby sleeping. She's really tuckered out.

See also: out, tucker

one's best bib and tucker

Rur. one's best clothing. I always put on my best bib and tucker on Sundays. Put on your best bib and tucker, and let's go to the city.

See also: and, bib, tucker

tucker someone out

to tire someone out. All this work has tuckered me out. The heavy work tuckered the staff out early in the day.

See also: out, tucker

your best bib and tucker

  (old-fashioned, humorous)

the best or most formal clothes that you own We were all dressed in our best bib and tucker for my aunt's wedding.

See the best thing since sliced bread

See also: and, bib, tucker

best bib and tucker

One's finest clothes, dressed up, as in The men were told to put on their best bib and tucker for the dinner dance. Although wearing either a bib (frill at front of a man's shirt) or a tucker (ornamental lace covering a woman's neck and shoulders) is obsolete, the phrase survives. [Mid-1700s] For a synonym, see Sunday best.

See also: and, bib, tucker

tuckered out

Exhausted, very tired, as in I was all tuckered out after that game. The precise origin of this usage is not known. [Colloquial; 1820s]

See also: out, tucker

tucker out

v.

To make someone weary; exhaust someone: Hiking all day tuckered me out. The long bus ride tuckered out the travelers.

See also: out, tucker

all tuckered out

Exhausted. “Tucker” was a 19th-century New England word for “tire” or “used up.”

See also: all, out, tucker