turkeydom en · NOUN
Etymology
turkey + -dom
Meanings
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(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: