Tukkas

[maurice]

Can anyone explain the phrase "covering their tukkas" (found in Douglas Kennedy's "Leaving the World")? It seems to mean something like business risks, maybe, but I can't even find it in the Urban Dictionary!

[woofgang]

tukkas is yiddish for bum. The people in question are covering their ar**s

[Clanad]

Woof is right (of course) but the word is actually spelled 'toches'. One source also gives the following phrase using the word..."A particularly interesting phrase using toches is 'toches ahfen tish'. Meaning "put up or shut up" it is, literally, "asses on the table." Okay, enough fooling around, toches ahfen tish!

The history of Yiddish is quite interesting...

[boxtops]

I've heard that, but pronounced Tush or Toosh - get your Tush out of here....

[maurice]

Many thanx 2 all of you! Surprised it's not in Chambers or UD.