Слово англійською: turkey
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Переклад turkey українською: інди́к, ло́мка, інди́чка, дурна людина, яка нікому не корисна, невдача
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turkey
noun /ˈtɜːrki/
(plural turkeys)
- [countable] a large bird that is often kept for its meat, eaten especially at Christmas in the UK and at Thanksgiving in the US
- We raise turkeys mainly for the Christmas market.
- [uncountable] meat from a turkey
- roast turkey
- the traditional turkey with all the trimmings
- [countable] (North American English, informal) a failure
- His latest movie is a real turkey.
- [countable] (North American English, informal) a stupid person who is not useful to anyone
see also cold turkeyWord Originmid 16th cent.: short for turkeycock or turkeyhen, originally applied to the guineafowl (which was imported through Turkey), and then mistakenly to the American bird.
Idioms - (informal, especially North American English) to talk about something seriously