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Definition of Turkey trot
1. Noun. An early ragtime one-step.
Definition of Turkey trot
1. Noun. A dance popular in the first two decades of the 20th century, consisting of exaggerated bird-like movements performed to fast-paced ragtime music. ¹
2. Verb. To dance a turkey trot. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Turkey Trot
Literary usage of Turkey trot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Journalists in Europe: An Account of a Visit to England and France by Horace Monroe Swetland (1919)
"Now I do not know, but I should say as a matter of fact that General Allenby was
giving the Turks the greatest turkey trot the world has ever known. ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1913)
"The turkey trot and the Bunny Hug, as mere theatrical entertainment, would
certainly be no sufficient warrant for my asking anyone to read the above verses ..."
3. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1909)
"He sold whisky merrily, in spite of turkey trot Academy, and argued the folly of
sumptuary laws. He stood as squarely on his constitutional rights as a ..."
4. Western North Carolina: A History (1730-1913) by John Preston Arthur (1914)
"Lyon's men killed Jesse Kirkland, a kinsman of "Bushwhacker" and "Turkey-Trot
John," and two other men, one of whom was named Mashburn and the other ..."
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