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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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Example Sentences

Romney is like the sheriff of Nottingham: all castle, no conviction; which makes Newt Gingrich the earthy Friar Tuck.

He did not fare so badly either, for being plump and rosy he was allowed to personate the jolly Friar Tuck.

Even a Friar Tuck is not so repulsive to us as an unsocial, austere, narrow-minded, and ignorant fanatic of the eleventh century.

Watts spoke the last words so loudly that Friar Tuck rose once.

He considered the bowl of his pipe then rubbed it on Friar Tuck's head.

Robin Hood, it is well known, had his celebrated domestic chaplain Friar Tuck.

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