v. [f. TUCK sb.1 + POINT v.1] To point or fill up the joints of (brickwork) with colored mortar, grooved with a narrow groove, which is filled with fine white lime putty, allowed to project slightly. Hence Tuck-pointer, -pointing.

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1881.  Tuck pointing [see POINTING vbl. sb.1 5].

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1893.  Law Times, XCV. 5/2. Any kind of brickwork, tuckpointing, or plastering that may have been contracted for … under the original contract.

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1901.  Daily Chron., 2 Sept., 9/6. Bricklayer and tuck pointer, good, wants Work.

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1902.  J. Hebb, in N. & Q., 9th Ser. X. 193/1. The brickwork … has been coloured and tuck-pointed.

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