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turkey cock

noun

  1. the male of the turkey.
  2. a strutting, pompous, conceited person.


turkey cock

noun

  1. a male turkey
  2. an arrogant person
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of turkey cock1

First recorded in 1535–45
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Example Sentences

There were Sarah Anne, his wife, as red as a turkey-cock, and swollen fit to brussen wi' he getting home so late.

They did this until the man was so angry that his face was as red as a turkey cock's, while his breath came in gasps.

The old turkey-cock, stretching his lean neck, glared down upon him with a terse qwit!

The former I left undisturbed, but I shot one old fat turkey-cock, and hung it on the saddle behind me.

The adult male is called a turkey cock, also a tom-turkey (sometimes simply tom) and a gobbler.

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