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water turkey
or water·turkey
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Word History and Origins
Origin of water turkey1
An Americanism dating back to 1830–40
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Example Sentences
If the chat is a clown, the water turkey would make its fortune as a contortionist.
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Now and then a water-turkey, with his long neck and legs, varies the scene.
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A water-turkey now and again rises and flies ahead into the long avenue of silence.
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It was a water-turkey, and he sat placidly on a limb close to the water's edge, and about a boat's length ahead of us.
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It was a water-turkey, that had been sitting on a tree, just as we turned a corner.
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