turkey leg
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- noun
- /ˈtɜrki lɛg/
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pierna de pavo
- Other fair visitors were actually scooting out of my way in all directions, almost dropping their corn-on-the-cob and BBQ turkey legs when they saw me approaching.
- eat the turkey leg
- giant turkey leg
- smoked turkey legs
Just God damn, bro, look like just two beautiful fucking Turkey legs that a, that a king would eat.
- Just God damn, bro, look like just two beautiful fucking Turkey legs that a, that a king would eat.
Examples
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Judy and I loved watching the Grand Parade, and we also enjoyed the St. John's bread, turkey legs, and other delicious food.
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I have to admit, I saw a lady with a big turkey leg and I really wanted one.
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I brought you a turkey leg.
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Give me that turkey leg.
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The first stop we made was at the turkey leg stand and then the churro stand.
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I want four specials and two orders of turkey legs.
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Yeah, we had a theme of turkey legs and churros during our vacation.
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A big fat turkey leg and how you'd devour it like an angry caveman.
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Porthos extracts a bottle of wine and grabs a turkey leg.
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I love that giant turkey leg that you get at the fair.
Synonyms
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The lower leg of a cooked bird like chicken that people eat
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The lower part of a turkey's leg that people cook and eat
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'turkey' (the bird) with 'leg' (the lower limb or cut of meat); a B1 learner who knows both words will easily infer it refers to that part of the turkey, typically served as food. This noun–noun compounding is a common, literal compositional pattern found across languages and in English food vocabulary, so the expression is immediately comprehensible from its parts.
Etymology
Turkey leg names the turkey's leg, the large lower part of the bird that people roast and eat. Because people often hold and eat this roasted turkey leg like a drumstick at fairs and holiday meals, the phrase now means 'a cooked piece of the bird' or simply 'a drumstick'.