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tuckerbag en · NOUN

Etymology

From tucker + bag.

Meanings

1. (Australia) 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:

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