English Explanatory Dictionary

Tucker telephone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A torture device for giving electric shocks, designed using parts from an old-fashioned crank telephone.

Word forms

Tucker telephone Tucker telephones

Etymology

Named after the Tucker State Prison Farm, where its inventor Dr. A. E. Rollins worked.

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