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Turkey

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The bird with a red wattle. A native of America, at one time supposed to have come from Turkey.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Tune the Old Cow Died of (The)
Tuneful Nine
Tuning Goose
Tunisian
Tunkers
Turcaret
Tureen
Turf (The)
Turk
Turk-Gregory
Turkey
Turkish Spy
Turlupin
Turmeric
Turncoat
Turning the Tables
Turnip-Garden (The)
Turnip Townsend
Turnspit Dog
Turpin
Turtle Doves

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Turkey