1. a large american bird that is related to the domestic chicken, has a wide range in north america, and is domesticated in most parts of the world
2. failure; flop
3. a stupid or foolish person
how do we use it?
his last movie was a real turkey.
word quiz
how do you think the large birds that traditionally grace the thanksgiving table got the name "turkey"?
a. it comes from a french tradition of offering keys to dinner guests.
b. it comes from the name of the country called turkey.
c. it comes from an algonquian word for "game bird."
d. it was named after the inventor of the carving knife.
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[b]
put a feather in your cap if you connected the bird with the country called turkey and chose answer b. back in the late 1500s, the american bird was confused with an african bird commonly known as the "guinea fowl" or "turkey-cock." the name "turkey-cock" derived from the fact that the bird had been imported from territory europeans thought of as turkish. it was the custom of the time to consider the country turkey as the source of anything exotic. the name "turkey-cock" was naturally attached to the new american birds that resembled the familiar guinea fowl. even after the confusion between the birds stopped, the name "turkey-cock" stuck, eventually shortened to simply "turkey."
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