wild turkey

noun

1. the ancestral species of the domesticated turkey.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wild turkey¹

An Americanism dating back to 1605–15

Example Sentences

Sales of the group’s Wild Turkey bourbon grew 14% over the third quarter, and while its rum and tequila brands also enjoyed higher sales.

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Wild Turkey - a Kentucky bourbon owned by Campari - sales were down 8.1% over the past six months.

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Other birds in the area include pygmy owls, belted kingfishers and wild turkey.

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It's a strategy now adopted by the people writing his stampede of executive orders, which read less like legal documents and more like Facebook rants written by a newly pardoned J6er on his 8th glass of Wild Turkey.

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Above all, there’s our own curiosity to discover what Rankin will serve up next: a bingo game, a rampaging wild turkey, a stroll through Quebec’s Beige District, an abandoned mall, a funeral next to a freeway, or two stubborn schoolgirls hellbent on chipping frozen cash from the ice.

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