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/tˈərki rɛd/ Listen

proper noun

Turkey n. A country in the southeast of Europe and southwest of Asia.

Turkey carpet, a superior kind of carpet made in Asia Minor and adjoining countries, having a deep pile and composed of pure wool with a weft of different material. It is distinguishable by its coloring and patterns from similar carpets made in India and elsewhere.

Turkey oak. (Bot.) See Cerris.

Turkey red.

(a)

A brilliant red imparted by madder to cottons, calicoes, etc., the fiber of which has been prepared previously with oil or other fatty matter.

(b)

Cloth dyed with this red.

Turkey sponge. (Zool.) See Toilet sponge, under Sponge.

Turkey stone, a kind of oilstone from Turkey; novaculite; called also Turkey oilstone.

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"Turkey red" Quotes from Famous Books

... asked Dame Hartley, as she trimmed and lighted the great lamp, and drew the short curtains of Turkey red cotton across the windows. "Is Abner ...

— Queen Hildegarde • Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

... and Katy's—(Bel had Aunt Blin's great flat-topped one now, with its cushion and flounce of Turkey red; and Kate had speedily stitched up a cover for hers to match, of cloth that Mrs. Scherman gave her) stood one each side the chimney,—in the recesses. A red and white patchwork quilt, done in stars, Bel's own work before she ever came ...

— The Other Girls • Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney

... in arches crossing street at short intervals, ribbons of turkey red suspended from each lamp ...

— The City of Domes • John D. Barry

... must be large enough to hold two people, one of them Santa Claus with his pack of toys, may consist of a light frame covered with turkey red cambric and backed with cardboard or heavy paper. The cambric should be marked off into bricks. The face is produced by cutting away the cardboard or paper backing behind two bricks for the eyes, one for the nose and two together ...

— Down the Chimney • Shepherd Knapp

... indicated by a farmer not far from Chicago in his use of table coverings, as follows: For the family, oil cloth; for the school teacher, turkey red; for the ...

— The So-called Human Race • Bert Leston Taylor