tuck

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TUCK, s. tuck of drum, beat of drum.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. by Leighton, Alexander

"Is your name Wiley?" said one of Tarleton's captains, whose name was TUCK, to Mr. John Wiley, sheriff of Camden, who had lately whipped and cropped a noted horse thief, named Smart.

From The Life of General Francis Marion by Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke)

TUCK, AMOS. remarks of, 20, 30, 74, 79, 104, 274, 311, 323, 363, 370, 417, 424. address by, 77, 425.

From A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 by Chittenden, L. E. (Lucius Eugene)