Tommo is the host of the rare species of turnerous leech. The Turner clings on to Tom and follows him everywhere he goes in a 'sheep' or 'leech' like manner. In a way The Turner is Tommo's 'Bitch'

When you eat dirt for the first time and leave your family to build a shack in the woods

(noun) the host of a turner leech. though in most cases the turner becomes so attached to the host that it depends upon it entirely and does whatever he/she says whenever they say it. like a bitch in a way!