Definition of Tom turkey

1. Noun. Male turkey.

Exact synonyms: Gobbler, Tom, Turkey Cock
Generic synonyms: Meleagris Gallopavo, Turkey
Derivative terms: Gobble

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tom Turkey

tolylene
tolyls
tolypeutine
tolypeutines
tolzey
tolzeys
tom-tit
tom-tom
tom-toms
tom boy
tom boys
tom cat
tom cats
tom turkey (current term)
tom yam
tom yams
tom yum
toma
tomacco
tomahawk
tomahawk mark
tomahawked
tomahawking
tomahawks
tomaley
tomalley
tomalleys
toman

Literary usage of Tom turkey

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library of Choice Literature and Encyclopaedia of Universal Authorship by Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon (1893)
"says the parson: 'why, ( here's the other turkey, out there by the door; and a fine bird, too, he ia.' "Sure enough, there was the old tom-turkey a ..."

2. A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to the Present by Edmund Clarence Stedman, Arthur Stedman (1894)
"says the parson : ' why, there's the other turkey, out there by the door; and a fine bird, too, he is.' " Sure enough, there was the old tom-turkey a ..."

3. The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and humor of by Lionel Strachey (1905)
"says the parson: 'why, there's the other turkey, out there by the door; and a fine bird, too, he is.' "Sure enough, there was the old tom-turkey a-struttin' ..."

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