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Friar Tuck

[tuhk]

noun

  1. the jolly, pugnacious friar who was a member of Robin Hood's band.



Friar Tuck

noun

  1. English legend a jolly friar who joined Robin Hood's band and aided their exploits

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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.

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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.

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As Father Sandoval walked around the village, wearing a thick brown habit, his curly mop of white hair, balding crown and moderate pouch made him resemble a stock Friar Tuck in a “Robin Hood” adaptation.

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As my train chugged away from the throwback print haven at Friar Tuck’s newsstand, most people were glued to their phones anyway.

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Denver was the hotbed of hideous haircuts, in part due to Tim Tebow’s Friar Tuck look back in 2010.

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