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单词 tucker job
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Definition of tucker job in English:

tucker job

noun
Australian dated, informal

  • A poorly paid job.

    if a man does find a workable reef it's likely to be only a tucker job
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I said that £500 a year was only a tucker job.
    • It is only a tucker job at best, and now I believe it is all up with us, or will be in a short time.
    • Oh, that was only a tucker job anyway
    • If a bootless man happens along, as is sometimes the case in Victoria, he is offered a tucker job.
    • Life to these folk is mostly a tucker job.

Origin

Late 19th century: from the notion that the wage paid is enough to buy food only.
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