Turkeys
[tɜ:kɪz]
Definition
(pl. ) of Turkey
(a.) Turkish.
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Examples
- All this time I stood watching the turkeys to see where they flew--with my gun on my shoulder, and never once thought of levelling it at the birds. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Their geese and turkeys I usually ate at a mouthful, and I confess they far exceed ours. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- We had scarcely reached the edge of the timber when I heard the flutter of wings overhead, and in an instant I saw two or three turkeys flying away. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- This incubator will hatch chicks, ducks, turkeys, or guineas, and we see no reason why it should not hatch the egg of the ostrich or anything else as well. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- They had the same conversation; the same silver dishes; the same saddles of mutton, boiled turkeys, and entrees. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Benjamin remained out, and got as many turkeys as he wanted to carry back. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The country abounded in game, such as deer and antelope, with abundance of wild turkeys along the streams and where there were nut-bearing woods. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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