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词汇 dog tucker
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Definition of dog tucker in English:

dog tucker

noun
mass nounNZ
  • 1Food for working dogs.

    the thawed chicken was kept for dog tucker
    Example sentencesExamples
    • We stayed at the pub again and got more dog tucker.
    • He or she has fed the royal corgis frozen and reheated dog tucker instead of the freshly cooked meals required for them.
    • At least five slow racehorses had been saved from becoming dog tucker by being transported in the float.
    • Dogs were always well fed at the drovers' whare, where there was endless dog tucker.
    • We rode over to Ashhurst with everything tied to our saddles, with a big sack of dog tucker.
    • Some of the boys came up with some dog tucker for us.
    • We hung our dog tucker in a tree in a farmer's paddock.
    • There was no dog biscuits in those days, so we were always struggling to get enough dog tucker.
    • He meets a horse about to become dog tucker and becomes involved in the harness-racing scene.
    • I may have become vegetarian, but it is no excuse for you, little critter, to reject good dog tucker!
    1. 1.1informal A person or organization in a hopeless situation.
      without his seat, the party is dog tucker
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He knows he is in a key marginal provincial seat, and he knows that with this trend he is dog tucker.
      • She knows he is dog tucker, and she is looking towards the future.
      • A leader of a government must exercise tight control, and any prime minister who is too trusting of colleagues will end up dog tucker.
      • He was done like dog tucker, because he thinks that New Zealand communities are stupid.
      • The fact of the matter is that he ain't got it, never had it, and now is dog tucker.
      • Because you support the reform bill, you're dog tucker in your electorate.
      • If he follows his policy, he will be dog tucker at the next election.
      • Let's get used to the idea that in a few months he will be political dog tucker.
      • If your product doesn't perform, you're dog tucker.
      • He even got away with a telling and stinging rebuke of the Speaker, who in a short time has been rendered dog tucker.
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