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turkeydom en · NOUN

Etymology

turkey + -dom

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The realm or sphere of turkeys (the birds).
    • Now let me ease your tender little hearts about my career being so suddenly cut short. I want to tell you that in Turkeydom it is considered a great glory to be the centre of attraction at a Christmas dinner […] 1890, C. Emma Cheney, Christmas Stories and Poems for the Little Ones, page 20:
    • Then ensued a scene of horror and confusion unequalled in the annals of turkeydom. The gray hen herself, hardly escaping destruction, crept screaming from under the idiot's stomach, and fled with insensate activity, […] 1889, Margaret L. Woods, Works, page 80:
    • The popular "fudge" Holly whose word is pretty nearly law in turkeydom. The bird is a broad-breasted bronze, the new strain he helped to develop. 1950 November, “Let's talk turkey with the judge”, in The Rotarian, volume 77, number 5, page 23:
    • A Win At This Show Is The Highest Honor In Turkeydom 1951, The Turkegram: