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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

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

From Beltane the Smith by Farnol, Jeffery

When the head of the column reached the edge of the gloomy forest a tucket sounded and the soldiers came to a halt.

From The Winning of the Golden Spurs by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

Then let the trumpets sound The tucket sonance and the note to mount; For our approach shall so much dare the field That England shall crouch down in fear and yield.

From King Henry V by Shakespeare, William

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