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turkey trot

noun 2
verb 1
forms 6

noun2

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A dance popular in the first two decades of the 20th century, consisting of exaggerated bird-like movements performed to fast-paced ragtime music.
- From the direction of "The Yellow Lantern" […] arose the strident notes of a tinny piano beating blatantly the measure of a turkey trot. — 1919
(US) A footrace held on or around Thanksgiving Day.

verb1

•
To dance a turkey trot.
- The old men on the Exchange play golf all day, and the young ones turkey-trot all night. — 1914

forms

turkey trotted · turkey-trotted · turkey trotting · turkey-trotting · turkey trots · turkey-trots

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