"wild as a Tuckernuck steer" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1939, Enid Johnson, Anne Merriman Peck, Ho for Californy!",
          "text": "“Sounds wild as a Tuckernuck steer,” he observed. “What brings Peleg here now, Sister Abby? Thee said his last letter told thee of his fine new job ...\"",
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          "ref": "1942, Elizabeth Hollister Frost, This side of land: an island epic, page 89",
          "text": "[…] and went hand over hand, a knife in his teeth — wild as a Tuckernuck steer, Fred was — out the line, cut away the lashings, […]",
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          "ref": "1961, Danger to windward, page 25",
          "text": "\"Davy was born as wild as a Tuckernuck steer and time ain't chastened him none.\"",
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        {
          "ref": "2007, Michael Hite, The Last Boat, page 2",
          "text": "The shock of the frigid sea made my nerves wild as a Tuckernuck steer. I felt freeze-dried as the icy cold electrified my vitals.",
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        "Wild, reckless, harum-scarum."
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        "(rare, US, simile) Wild, reckless, harum-scarum."
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  "word": "wild as a Tuckernuck steer"
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          "ref": "1939, Enid Johnson, Anne Merriman Peck, Ho for Californy!",
          "text": "“Sounds wild as a Tuckernuck steer,” he observed. “What brings Peleg here now, Sister Abby? Thee said his last letter told thee of his fine new job ...\"",
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          "ref": "1942, Elizabeth Hollister Frost, This side of land: an island epic, page 89",
          "text": "[…] and went hand over hand, a knife in his teeth — wild as a Tuckernuck steer, Fred was — out the line, cut away the lashings, […]",
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        "(rare, US, simile) Wild, reckless, harum-scarum."
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