tucker
- noun
- /ˈtʌkər/
- Archaic
:
peón
- You tuckers.
Examples
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As a hardworking tucker, she rarely took days off, always pushing herself to meet demanding goals.
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Many tuckers spend their weekends improving their skills to handle tough jobs more efficiently.
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The local tucker was praised for his dedication to ensuring the project was completed on time.
Synonyms
33
1.3
A person who puts a lot of effort into their job or tasks
12
3.5
A person or machine that does a lot of steady hard work
3
6.1
A person who is very willing to do extra work and works harder than others
1
3.0
A person who does hard work using their hands
1
7.8
A person who works very hard, often doing heavy or boring tasks
1
5.8
A person who works very hard at their job
A person who does very hard physical work, for example in mines
A person who keeps working for long hours at boring tasks
Antonyms
Compounds
How Hardworking
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tucker for a person who works hard comes from an old job name for people who did heavy work on cloth, so by extension the word came to mean 'a person who works hard' and why it describes a strong, hardworking person today.