TURKEY (bird)
INTERJECTIONS
► PEEP! ► PEE-PEE! ► PEEPIE! ► PEEP-PEEP! used as a call to chickens or turkeys → 1899 Amer. dial.
NOUNS
► ALDERMAN DOUBLE-SLANG’D a turkey garlanded with sausages → L18 sl.
► ALDERMAN a turkey → 1890 sl. (Bk.)
► ALDERMAN IN CHAINS a roast turkey well-stuffed and garnished with pork sausages → 1890 sl. (Bk.)
► BALLAST turkey or chicken dressing → 1945 US railroad sl.
► BREAD lean venison; the breast of a wild turkey → 1824 Amer. dial. obs.
► BRISSEL-COCK a fowl conjectured to be the turkey → Sc. obs.
► BUBBLY-JOCK the male turkey → 1800 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► BUZZARD chicken or turkey as served in a mess hall → 1941 Amer. military usage
► BUZZARD MEAT chicken or turkey → 1944 Amer. military usage
► COBBLE-COLTER a turkey → 1858 tramps’ and gypsies cant
► FAIPLE the crest of a turkey when elated → 1825 Sc. obs.
► GANDER a turkey → 1790 Eng. dial.
► GANNY a turkey → 1777 Eng. dial. obs.
► GOBBLE-COCK a turkey-cock → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GOBBLER a male turkey → M18
► GOBLIN a male turkey → 1966 Amer. dial.
► HABBERJOCK a turkey-cock → 1866 Sc.
► HABBLE-JOCK a turkey-cock → 1875 Sc.
► JOBLIJOCK a turkey-cock → 1912 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LOLLY-COCK a male turkey → 19C Eng. dial.
► LUBBER-COCK a turkey-cock → 1867 Eng. dial.
► PEANIE a turkey-hen → 1824 Sc.
► PEEP a very small or young chicken or turkey → 1916 Amer. dial.
► PEE-PEE ► PEEPY a very small or young chicken or turkey → 1890 Amer. dial.
► PEEWEE a young wild turkey chick, still following the hen → 1936 Amer. dial.
► POPE’S NOSE a turkey’s rump → L18 colloq.
► QUITTER the sound a turkey makes → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► RED-RAG the red comb of a turkey-cock → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RED-RED the red comb of a turkey-cock → 1887 Eng. dial.
► RED-SHANK a turkey→ 1707 cant
► SNOTTERGOB the red part of a turkey’s head → 1790 Eng. dial.
► TOM-TURKEY a turkey-cock → 1869 Amer.
► TURKEY-TOMB a turkey pie → 1622 humorous usage, obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► TURKEY MERCHANT one who buys and sells turkeys, a poulterer → L17
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