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Definition of Turkies
1. a gemstone [n -ES] - See also: gemstone
Lexicographical Neighbors of Turkies
Literary usage of Turkies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bookman (1903)
"Russian eagle to his barn door, remarking to his French neighbour that he won't
worry the turkies any more. At this time England had begun to watch with ..."
2. The Family Receipt Book: Containing Eight Hundred Valuable Receipts in by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1819)
"To fallen turkies as they do in Norfolk. The quality and size of the Norfolk
turkies are superior to those of any other part of the kingdom. ..."
3. Introduction to the History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia by Charles Campbell, Samuel Legrand Campbell (1847)
"On the evening before, and on that morning, the savages as usual came unarmed
into the houses of the planters, with fruits, fish, turkies and venison to ..."
4. Retrospect of Philosophical, Mechanical, Chemical, and Agricultural Discoveries (1808)
"The only valuable observation in it is, that turkies so far from requiring all
the care and nursing usually bestowed upon them, would succeed much better if ..."
5. The Art of Cookery Made Easy and Refined: Comprising Ample Directions for by John Mollard (1802)
"turkies, Pullets, or Chickens, with Oyster Sauce. BOIL them, wipe them dry, and
when they are to be served up pour over them white oyster sauce. ..."
6. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1915)
"In this period, another relator holds that * " every day they are abroad after ....
turkies and the like game: whereof there is a wonderful plenty. ..."
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