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tuckshop arm
the flabby tricep area of an overweight woman (most of the mothers that ran the tuckshop had this affliction) often swing when waving goodbye!: My God, check out the tuckshop arm on that woman. Compare aunty arms, bingo wings, good-bye muscle, piano arm, widow's curtain.
Contributor's comments: Known in the southern states as "widow's curtains".
Contributor's comments: I have heard the term "piano arms" used for the same phenomenon in the Sydney area.
Contributor's comments: Oh, how funny. What is it with women in tuckshops and their flabby arms? We used this in Adelaide in the mid-80s. We also called them 'nana arms', but that may have been in honour of my own nana.
Contributor's comments: Also CWA arms. Going to the Royal Melbourne Show our family would always look in at the Country Women's Association tent for Devonshire tea. We'd always have a giggle at the rows of women kneading scone dough with powerful arms.
Contributor's comments: I have heard of "tuckshop lady arms" in Melbourne.
Contributor's comments: I heard the expression 'arms like a dinner lady' in the ABC TV show 'Nice Guy Eddie' on Monday night 10 December 2002. A dinner lady is probably the British equivalent of Australia's tuckshop lady. Maybe there is a connection?
Contributor's comments: I have heard the expression "Aunties Arms", and since I have vivid recollections of an oversized relative, I understood the expression immediately I heard it.
Contributor's comments: Have definately heard this in Sydney. We also call it having the second wave, because when you wave your arms around the flabby bits create a "second wave".