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hand turkey

hand turkey noun: a drawing of a turkey created by tracing the outline of a splayed hand, the fingers representing its back feathers and the thumb its head and neck.

Noun

hand turkey (plural hand turkeys)

  1. (informal) A drawing of a turkey created by tracing the outline of a splayed hand, the fingers representing its back feathers and the thumb its head and neck.
    • “I need you to draw me a hand turkey for the refrigerator,” my mother said. “Go grab your crayons.”
      Sam ran over to his little desk in the corner and started to trace his hand onto a sheet of yellow construction paper.2013, Stuart Stutzman, Marginally Fictitious

Forms of hand turkey

pluralhand turkeys

Questions about hand turkey

What does hand turkey mean?
Hand turkey means a drawing of a turkey created by tracing the outline of a splayed hand, the fingers representing its back feathers and the thumb its head and neck.
What part of speech is hand turkey?
Hand turkey is a noun.
What is the plural of hand turkey?
The plural of hand turkey is hand turkeys.

Words near hand turkey in the dictionary

  1. hand trolleys
  2. hand truck
  3. hand trucks
  4. hand trunk
  5. hand trunks
  6. hand turkey
  7. hand turkeys
  8. hand up
  9. hand wash
  10. hand washable
  11. hand washed

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