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go cold turkey :Many people who attempt to quit smoking do so by going cold turkey rather than by gradually cutting down.
by yo.up December 11, 2016
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A quote that the red turkey from Free Birds said in which it got popular by Schaffrillas.
That’s right. We're going back in time to the first thanksgiving to get turkeys off the menu.
by Chukoloco08 November 22, 2022
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Turkey Vulture

A woman who’s is too old to be a cougar and still likes to “hunt” but is in unable to “seal the deal”.
That's what they call a ‘Turkey Vulture’. Twenty years past a cougar, still likes to hunt but can't take down the prey.” - Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo (NCIS)
by Solus Veritas May 30, 2018
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plumb tuckered out

Exhausted.

Origin:
It's no surprise that 'tuckered out' is an American phrase. No 'B-feature' western from the 1930s and 1940s was complete without Gabby Hayes being 'plumb tuckered out'. Hayes' contribution to the genre was celebrated by Mel Brooks in the 1974 film Blazing Saddles. In that, a look-alike actor played the part of Gabby Johnson, spouting 'authentic frontier gibberish' - "dad gum it, I am gonna die here an' no sidewindin bushwackin, hornswaglin, cracker croaker is gonna rouin me biscuit cutter".

An example is from the Wisconsin Enquirer, April 1839:
"I reckoned to have got to the tavern by sundown, but I haven't - as I'm prodigiously tuckered out."

'Plumb tuckered out' is somewhat later and the first example is from the Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette, February 1889: "They'll get plumb tuckered out waitin."

The actual derivation of this phrase is quite prosaic. 'Tucker' is a colloquial New England word, coined in the early 19th century, meaning 'to tire' or 'to become weary'. 'Tuckered out' is just a straightforward use of that. 'Plumb' is just an intensifier. 'Tuckered out' is rarely seen alone.
"I've been on my feet all day long, I'm plumb tuckered out!"
by CajunQueen August 18, 2009
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Turkey Demon

Slang in Gears of War 2 for bloodmount.

In the game Gears of War 2, the bloodmount enemies are commonly known as turkey demons.

This term is usually screamed at the sight of a bloodmount in Gears of War 2 to warn your team mates.
xNJDx REDRUM(upon seeing a bloodmount): "Tuuuuuurkkkeeeeey Demons!"

xNJDx GNASHER: "No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! Everyone get back inside! Damn Turkey Demons!"
by xNJDx REDRUM August 4, 2009
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turkey perch

A male member of such frightening length, girth and rigidity that it could support the weight of a festive bird without fear of collapse.
Upon Nelson's return from sea, Lady Hamilton shrieked with terror when she saw the turkey perch of a weapon being released from the velvet pantalons. " Oh sire, surely thou hast lost the Christmas treat that normally roosts on that noble shaft , come hither and split my whiskers "
by Spirit of dead Paul November 20, 2009
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Turkey bacon

I'm off that swine I'm on turkey bacon now.
by Uncle Clayton December 13, 2019
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