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Definition of Turkey cock
1. Noun. Male turkey.
Exact synonyms: Gobbler, Tom, Tom Turkey
Generic synonyms: Meleagris Gallopavo, Turkey
Derivative terms: Gobble
Generic synonyms: Meleagris Gallopavo, Turkey
Derivative terms: Gobble
Lexicographical Neighbors of Turkey Cock
Literary usage of Turkey cock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"... mankind, womankind ¡ milkman, milkmaid or -woman ; moorcock and ben : peacock
and hen : servant man and maid ; turkey cock and ben : wash or ..."
2. A Budget of Paradoxes by Augustus De Morgan (1915)
"serpent with a turkey-cock's head. He was obliged to say something; but I will
stake my character—and so save a woodcut—on the scratches being more like a ..."
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