wild as a Tuckernuck steer

adjective

Wild, reckless, harum-scarum.

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adjectivewild as a Tuckernuck steer (not comparable)
  1. USnot comparableraresimileWild, reckless, harum-scarum.

    "Davy was born as wild as a Tuckernuck steer and time ain't chastened him none."

    1961, Danger to windward, page 25
    3 more examples

    “Sounds wild as a Tuckernuck steer,” he observed. “What brings Peleg here now, Sister Abby? Thee said his last letter told thee of his fine new job ..."

    1939, Enid Johnson, Anne Merriman Peck, Ho for Californy!

    […] and went hand over hand, a knife in his teeth — wild as a Tuckernuck steer, Fred was — out the line, cut away the lashings, […]

    1942, Elizabeth Hollister Frost, This side of land: an island epic, page 89

    The shock of the frigid sea made my nerves wild as a Tuckernuck steer. I felt freeze-dried as the icy cold electrified my vitals.

    2007, Michael Hite, The Last Boat, →ISBN, page 2
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APA

wild as a Tuckernuck steer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wild%20as%20a%20Tuckernuck%20steer

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Chicago

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