- tucker (1)
- "piece of lace worn around the neck," 1688, from M.E. tokker "tucker, one who dresses or finishes cloth" (see tuck).
- tucker (2)
- "to tire, weary," 1833, New England slang, of uncertain origin, perhaps from tucked (pp. of tuck (v.)), which had, in ref. to dogs, a slang sense of "exhausted, underfed."