tuckerbag

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noun

A traditional bag for carrying food (tucker), often a pouch with a drawstring.

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Meanings

nountuckerbag (plural tuckerbags)

plural tuckerbags

  1. AustraliaA traditional bag for carrying food (tucker), often a pouch with a drawstring.

    ‘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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    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)

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna bag used for carrying food

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

tuckerbag. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tuckerbag

MLA

“tuckerbag.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tuckerbag. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tuckerbag,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tuckerbag.

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