DCHP-1 Online
tuckamore [cf. Brit. dial. tuck loose, tangled straw, etc.] Nfld 
n. See quotes.
See also: spruce-tuck tucking bush
- 1895 Tuckamore, a clump of spruce . . . matted together.
- 1920 In this northern part even that little is rendered almost impenetrable in the summer-time by the thick under-brush, known as "tuckamore," and the formidable swarms of mosquitoes and black flies.
- 1955 (1963) tuckamore [means] a low clump of trees.
- 1895 Tuckamore, a clump of spruce . . . matted together.