Friar Tuck
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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As Robin you have an arsenal of high-tech arrows, and you can invite three friends to the fray: metal-fisted brawler Little John, speedy assassin Maid Marian and mace-wielding healer Friar Tuck.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 26, 2023
Little John was a black bear, the Sheriff of Nottingham was a wolf, Friar Tuck was a badger, and perhaps most memorably, Prince John was a thumb-sucking, jewel-encrusted crown-wearing lion.
From The Verge • Apr. 10, 2020
Following the brief New York visit, this lion-maned Australian composer and performer was off to Hungary and Croatia, to play Friar Tuck in a new Robin Hood feature.
From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2017
Presumably that team would consist of Robin Hood myth mainstays like Little John, Friar Tuck and Will Scarlet.
From Forbes • Oct. 9, 2014
A second scene shows how the sheriff takes prisoner the other outlaws, amongst whom is Friar Tuck; but the allocation of the parts in the dialogue is mostly conjectural.
From Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Fourth Series by Sidgwick, Frank
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