Meaning of turkeyhen | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [B2]

Examples

“It would be too great an undertaking to describe⟳ all the extraordinary birds that inhabit this country; but I cannot refrain from noticing that to which they give⟳ the name⟳ of gallinazo, from the resemblance it has to the turkeyhen. This bird is of the size of a peahen, but its head and neck are something larger.”

“The Madison, 1843, edition, from which the following paragraph is taken, differs slightly from the later texts: […] I told the old woman more ’n twenty times that mother’s old turkeyhen was settin on fourteen eggs.”

“The brood of the turkeyhen, and she with her halfspread wings, I see⟳ in them and myself the same old law.”

“Here and there among the great gathering could be seen odd couples of brave-appearing young gobblers and neat little turkeyhens who talked in quieter tones and spoke of the end⟳ which faced them on the morrow.”

“Turkeys moved fairly well with turkeyhens bringing 25@28c per pound, and toms 20@22c.”

“In the center is tribute, consisting of two blankets, perfumes, a copper axe, a basket of tamales, a stewed turkeyhen and a cup of chocolate.”

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