Turkey-trot

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  ·vi One who trots; a child; a woman. II. Trot ·vi Fig.: A jogging pace, as of a person hurrying. I...

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• trot

  An old trot; a decrepit old woman. A dog trot; a gentle pace. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Turkey

  ·noun An empire in the southeast of Europe and southwest of Asia. II. Turkey ·noun Any large Americ...

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• turkey

  n. This common English bird-name isapplied in Australia to three birds, viz. – – 1) To the bird Eu...

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• jogg-trot

  To keep on a jogg-trot; to get on with a slow but regular pace. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Brush turkey

  ·- A large, edible, gregarious bird of Australia (Talegalla Lathami) of the family Megapodidae. Also...

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• Water turkey

  ·- The American snakebird. ·see <<Snakebird>>. ...

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• turkey merchant

  A poulterer. ...

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• brush-turkey

  n. See turkey. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• native turkey

  n. Same as Wild Turkey.A vernacular name given to Eupodotis australis, Gray,which is not a turkey a...

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• scrub-turkey

  n. an Australian bird, Leipoaocellata, Gould; aboriginal name, the Lowan (q.v.).See Turkey. ...

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• wild turkey

  n. See turkey. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• turkey-grain

  A name for maize. ...

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• butter and eggs trot

  A kind of short jogg trot, such as is used by women going to market, with butter and eggs.--he looks...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• poor as job's turkey

  A common simile. The professor is as poor as Job's turkey, if it wasn't for that powerful salary th...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.