turkey nest

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noun

Australian a small earth dam adjacent to, and higher than, a larger earth dam, to feed water by gravity to a cattle trough, etc

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Words nearby turkey nest

turkey, turkey brown, turkey buzzard, Turkey carpet, turkey cock, turkey nest, turkey oak, Turkey red, turkey shoot, turkey trot, turkey vulture

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How to use turkey nest in a sentence

Meanwhile two kids were taken from their mother when she flew back to the UK from Turkey.
Britain May Spy on Preschoolers Searching for Potential Jihadis|Nico Hines|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
After two nights in detention, he was scheduled to be deported back to Turkey on Monday.
Pope-Shooter Ali Agca’s Very Weird Vatican Visit|Barbie Latza Nadeau|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In Turkey, crime groups in border areas are exploiting the labor of Syrian male refugees who cannot find legitimate employment.
ISIS, Boko Haram, and the Growing Role of Human Trafficking in 21st Century Terrorism|Louise I. Shelley|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She is also head of the Sabancı Foundation, which conducts female-empowerment programs for women in rural Turkey.
The Women Battling an Islamist Strongman|Christina Asquith|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Turkey has had more than a decade of economic boom, and is now the sixth-most-visited tourist destination in the world.
The Women Battling an Islamist Strongman|Christina Asquith|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
Almost as soon as she had finished building her nest she had discovered a strange-looking egg there.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
The grass had a delightful fragrance, like new-mown hay, and was neatly wound around the tunnel, like the inside of a bird's-nest.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
And away she flew to her nest, leaving Grandfather Mole to talk to the air, if he wished.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
Weimar being such a "kleines Nest (little nest)," as Liszt calls it, every stranger is immediately remarked.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay