turkey buzzard
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of turkey buzzard
An Americanism dating back to 1665–75
Example Sentences
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Sign you really have bad breath: The turkey buzzard next to you edges away.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 27, 2018
He looked for all the world like a turkey buzzard, eagerly hanging over offal, and it was evident from his expression, that he had not missed a word of the reading.
From Pieces of Eight by Le Gallienne, Richard
The figure is that of a turkey buzzard which the speaker shot.
From The Mide'wiwin or "Grand Medicine Society" of the Ojibwa Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 143-300 by Hoffman, Walter James
The clouds that had obscured the sky all day formed darker masses tinted with pink to the east, and the black dot of a turkey buzzard wheeled soaring in the gloom.
From Thy Rocks and Rills by Gilbert, Robert E.
Well pleased with himself and his dress the turkey buzzard gathered up the remaining uniforms and started for home.
From Stories of Birds by Mulets, Lenore Elizabeth
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