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turkey shoot

noun

a marksmanship contest, usually at a festive gathering, in which rifles are fired at moving targets, originally live turkeys.
1. something easily accomplished; piece of cake.
2. an easy destruction of enemy troops, especially of flying aircraft.

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An Americanism dating back to 1835–45

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He likens the standoff to what he calls the “turkey-shoot phenomenon.”

Slave boys, in contrast, must have found themselves on the wrong end of a turkey shoot.

The Hayfield Inn, a little hostelrie on the Northern "pike," is the scene of many a turkey-shoot.

A day of great sport at the tavern was when there was a turkey-shoot; these often took place on Thanksgiving Day.

On the 17th; and I was holding the turkey shoot at the same358 time.

I don't know, because the only reason we was having them sign in was to sign them cards to invite them to the next turkey shoot.

I was over on the opposite end shooting at a target for the turkey shoot and I didn't pay any attention to that.

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