In India, at least in the southern part, there is a phrase “Top tucker”, used to compliment/attribute someone for their exceptional qualities/achievements in a colloquial way. I.e. “Honest” is used to describe someone. What is your opinion and why?

The entry Tucker in OED says:

Noun
1. Tucker said: Historic A piece of lace or linen worn in or around the top of a bodice or as an insert at the front of a low-cut dress

2. Australian/NZ informal Food
Verb

(usually be tuckered out) North American informal Exhaust; wear out And

etymonline. Frequently, these non-NZ forms come from India. Often, used by people in India are common as they are also in other NZ states. “Compoint points tukere to the origin but I am clueless on what tukere meant/was.”. tucker(n.) “piece of lace worn around the

neck,”
1680s, agent noun from tuck. , (Vis. In Middle English tukere was “one who dresses: or finishes cloth” – it was his surname.

tucker
(v.) “to tire, weary, drunk to tire,” 1833, New England slang, maybe > from > tucked (past participle of tuck (v.)), which had, in reference to > dogs, a > slang sense of “exhausted, underfed.” ” Especially with out. As > the name implies, tuckering has been renamed by “tuckerud”.

What is the same old TV series billed as Top Tucker starring a famous comedian and his acting as an ignorant youngster who later develops himself to cope up with the cunning environment? This was all I could get my

hands on and I hope this is not off topic or too specific to ask for the origin of this peculiar usage of the phrase. My bets are on tucker which probably was common to indicate high class individuals and this found its way to Indian languages during British colonisation as was the case with many other words commonly used every day.

Updates

I was editing my post to add few (major) points I missed and while I was at it, I thought would compile few (mis?)leads from comments to make it easier for new visitors.

Like the Beatles, a popular Australian song (tucker -bag: a bag to carry food). ” Waltzing Matilda” Apparently it is also prevalent in parts of US in context of food, features in a famous Australian song, ” Top tucker ” was used in context of exclamation by Charles Hamilton a.k.a. Frank Richards have invented most of his novels. He has had 2 million followers! What was the scope of Tucker Car Corporation after WWII and how did this giant firm get its name?

History
and Natural History Interestingly the Tuckers native to Great Britain, held key positions that influenced India during British East India company and the British Crown, Josiah (protested against the British East India company), Frederick (Top official in Salvation Army, worked with several criminal tribes to reform them) to name a few I suspect would have impacted the Indians.

Why doesn’t G+ make a poll for Top Tucker?