friar tuck.

  • 1Friar Tuck — is a companion to Robin Hood in the legends about that character. He is a common character in modern Robin Hood stories, which depict him as a jovial friar and one of Robin s Merry Men. The figure of Tuck was common in the May Games festivals of… …

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  • 2Friar Tuck — /tuk/ the jolly, pugnacious friar who was a member of Robin Hood s band. * * * Friar Tuck [Friar Tuck] one of Robin Hood s group of ↑outlaws (= people who have broken the law and must hide to avoid being caught). According to the ↑legend, he was… …

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  • 3Friar Tuck —    Companion of *Robin Hood in some sources from 1475 onwards, Tuck may have originally been an independent comic figure based on the medieval stereotype of a disreputable friar fond of fighting, hunting, and wenching. He is almost certainly the… …

    A Dictionary of English folklore

  • 4friar tuck — Cockney Rhyming Slang Luck E always had a bit of friar tuck …

    English dialects glossary

  • 5friar tuck — Noun. 1. Sexual intercourse. Rhyming slang on fuck . 2. Fuck. As a general replacement for the word fuck as an expletive in phrases such as, I don t give friar tuck! . Rhyming slang on fuck …

    English slang and colloquialisms

  • 6Friar Tuck — /tuk/ the jolly, pugnacious friar who was a member of Robin Hood s band. * * * …

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  • 7Friar Tuck — /fraɪə ˈtʌk/ (say fruyuh tuk) noun the jolly friar of Robin Hood s band …

  • 8Friar Tuck — Fri|ar Tuck a fat and cheerful ↑monk (=a member of an all male religious group) , who enjoys eating and drinking, and appears in old English stories about ↑Robin Hood as one of his followers …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 9FRIAR TUCK —    Robin Hood s chaplain and steward, introduced by Scott into Ivanhoe as a kind of clerical Falstaff …

    The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • 10friar tuck — n British an act of sexual intercourse. A rhyming slang form of fuck …

    Contemporary slang