tucket

American

[tuhk-it] / ˈtʌk ɪt /

noun

a trumpet fanfare.

tucket British

/ ˈtʌkɪt /

noun

archaic a flourish on a trumpet

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Etymology

Origin of tucket

First recorded in 1585–95; tuck ⁴ + -et

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tucket

Surrounded by 200 friends in a Fifth Avenue radio-studio, Governor Smith sounded a party tucket to a donkey by no means deceased.

From Time Magazine Archive

Aranson seems almost to have been born on the wharves of Nan tucket.

From Time Magazine Archive

And yonder Cedric—but so could I name them each and every—ha! there sounds the welcome tucket!

From Beltane the Smith by Jeffery Farnol

Oh! you speak out lout enouf, ant plain enouf, and I shoultn't wonter if you got tucket up yourself, one tay, for your pains.

From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by James Fenimore Cooper

Holding his thin hand out for silence and better hearing, he muttered: 'Norfolk's tucket!

From Privy Seal His Last Venture by Ford Madox Ford

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