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turkey

Definition:

(nou) large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food (nou) 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 (nou) a person who does something thoughtless or annoying (nou) flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted (nou) an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual

Phonetic Transcription:

ˈtɜːki

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It was lovely to get the turkey and the smile.

People eat turkey on Thanksgiving.

We eat turkey on holidays.

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