Talking turkey! How the Thanksgiving bird got its name (and then lent it to film flops) https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/112421_turkey_names/talking-turkey-how-thanksgiving-bird-got-its-name-and-then-lent-it-film-flops/
Just as turkey is a versatile meat – and the standard centerpiece of America's Thanksgiving Day dinner – so too is the word “turkey,” which can refer to everything from the bird itself to a populous Eurasian country to movie flops.
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