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turkeydom

turkeydom noun: the realm or sphere of turkeys (the birds).

Noun (1)

turkeydom (uncountable)

  1. The realm or sphere of turkeys (the birds).
    • 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
    • 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

Noun (2) capitalized: Turkeydom

Turkeydom (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) The realm or sphere of the Turks.
    • He wears a beard, and he likes his women to be slaves. What man doesn’t? What man would be henpecked, I say? We will cut off all the heads in Christendom or Turkeydom rather than that.1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter LIV, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published...
    • […] those brilliant alliances which made the young ladies of Circassia the envy of Turkeydom.1856, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 80, page 48

Examples of turkeydom in a sentence

  • The popular "fudge" Holly whose word is pretty nearly law in turkeydom.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 Turkeydom1951, The Turkegram:

Origin of turkeydom

turkey + -dom

Turkey + -dom

Questions about turkeydom

What does turkeydom mean?
Turkeydom means the realm or sphere of turkeys (the birds).
How do you use turkeydom in a sentence?
The popular "fudge" Holly whose word is pretty nearly law in turkeydom.
What part of speech is turkeydom?
Turkeydom is a noun.

Words near turkeydom in the dictionary

  1. turkeyburgers
  2. turkeybush
  3. turkeybushes
  4. turkeycock
  5. turkeycocks
  6. turkeydom
  7. turkeyfish
  8. turkeyfishes
  9. turkeyfoot
  10. turkeyfurter
  11. turkeyfurters

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