Turkey
['tɜːkɪ] or ['tɝki]
Definition
(noun.) large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food.
(noun.) an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; 'the first experiment was a real turkey'; 'the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned'.
(noun.) flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted.
(noun.) a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923.
Inputed by Alisa--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) An empire in the southeast of Europe and southwest of Asia.
(n.) Any large American gallinaceous bird belonging to the genus Meleagris, especially the North American wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), and the domestic turkey, which was probably derived from the Mexican wild turkey, but had been domesticated by the Indians long before the discovery of America.
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Definition
n. a large gallinaceous bird a native of America—not Turkey.—ns. Turk′ey-buzz′ard a vulture found largely in North and South America; Turk′ey-cock the male of the turkey: a foolishly proud person.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of seeing turkeys, signifies abundant gain in business, and favorable crops to the farmer. To see them dressed for the market, denotes improvement in your affairs. To see them sick, or dead, foretells that stringent circumstances will cause your pride to suffer. To dream you eat turkey, foretells some joyful occasion approaching. To see them flying, denotes a rapid transit from obscurity to prominence. To shoot them as game, is a sign that you will unscrupulously amass wealth.
Editor: Stu
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A large bird whose flesh when eaten on certain religious anniversaries has the peculiar property of attesting piety and gratitude. Incidentally it is pretty good eating.
Typist: Ludwig
Examples
- He is borne into Mr. Tulkinghorn's great room and deposited on the Turkey rug before the fire. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Turkey recovered Adrianople. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There I was told the island belonged to Turkey, as the Greek tributary islands only extend as far down as Santorin. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- They keep up the passport system here, but so they do in Turkey. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The very port and gait of a swan, or turkey, or peacock show the high idea he has entertained of himself, and his contempt of all others. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- This is said to be a common practice in Turkey, in Indostan, and, I believe, in most other governments of Asia. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It makes our cheeks burn with shame to see such a thing permitted here in Turkey. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It's over, and can't be helped, and that's one consolation, as they always says in Turkey, ven they cuts the wrong man's head off. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- If an animal die on the plain the polyborus has prerogative of feeding first, and is followed by the turkey buzzard and the gallinazo. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The fat turkey was a sight to behold, when Hannah sent him up, stuffed, browned, and decorated. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- More than that, we couldn't improve the mills themselves, unless we laid down Turkey carpets on the floors. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- They asked me if we would declare war on Turkey. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Turkey and Greece once had a monopoly of it. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- A residence in Turkey was abhorrent to her; her religion and feelings were alike adverse to it. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- It was the age of Baber in India (1526-1530) and Suleiman in Turkey (1520). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- 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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