turtlen.1
/ˈtəːt(ə)l/ Now rare or archaic.
1.
a. = turtle-dove n. 1 (Often mentioned as a type of conjugal affection and constancy: cf. 2.)
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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > member of genus Streptopelia
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turtlec1000
turtle-dovea1400
the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > member of genus Streptopelia > streptopelia turtur (turtle-dove)
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turtle pigeon1819
c1000 Ags. Ps. (1835) lxxxiii[i]. 3 Him eac spedlice spearuwa hus begyteð, and tidlice turtle nistlað.
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) ii. 24 Twa turtlan oððe twegen culfran briddas.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 7588 Tweȝȝenn cullfre briddess..Oþþr..tweȝȝenn turrtless.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 49 Turtle ne wile habbe no make bute on and after þat non..Þe bitocninge þat is imene turtlen and duues... Eiðer turtles and duues habbet sorinesse for song.
1382 J. Wyclif Psalms lxxxiii. 4 [lxxxiv. 3] Forsothe the sparowe fonde to hym an hous; and the turtil a nest.
c1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. ciii. 104 Pytous as turtyll.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 373/2 Lyke a turtle that allone without make waylleth and wepeth.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxviij As louyng to him, as the Turtle to her make.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 154 Your hand (my Perdita:) so Turtles paire That neuer meane to part. View more context for this quotation
1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa i. iii. 91 A Mass is sung, and his Holiness presented with two young Turtles.
1713 R. Steele Guardian No. 22. ⁋2 [She] kept a pair of turtles cooing in her chamber.
1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. at Dove—Turtle The Turtle visits the southern parts of England in the spring.
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 64/1 His pigeon-cote..is no longer stocked with carriers,..jacobins,..turtles.
1860 C. Rossetti O. & N. Year Ditties iii Turtle calleth turtle in Heaven's May.
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b. Greenland turtle, sea-turtle, names for the Black Guillemot: see Greenland n. II., sea-turtle n.1
c. Rhyming slang. = turtle-dove n. 3. (Usually in plural.)
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for hands > [noun] > glove
glovea1000
cuff1362
famble-cheat1567
fambler1610
turtle-dove1857
turtle1893
1893 P. H. Emerson Signor Lippo xiv. 55 A long sleeve cadi on his napper, and a pair of turtles on his martins finished him.
1936 ‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid 24 Got any turtles? The Gilt Kid, having no gloves, answered: ‘No, but I'll buy a pair.’
1962 John o' London's 25 Jan. 82/1 Of course he [sc. the criminal] takes the precaution of wearing turtles (short for turtle-doves, rhyming slang for gloves).
2. figurative. Applied to a person, as a term of endearment, etc. (cf. dove n. 2d), or (esp.) to lovers or married folk, in allusion to the turtle-dove's affection for its mate.
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the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun]
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powsowdie?a1513
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cabbage1840
honey-bunch1874
angel pie1878
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baby cake1949
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the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [noun] > person showing affection for mate
turtle-dove1535
turtle1548
14.. J. Lydgate Ballad Commend. Our Lady 78 O trusty turtle, trewest of al trewe.
c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) lxix. 312 I shal be turtill in your absence þat hadde lost hire make.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xxv Hym that..watched, howe to..steale thys turtle oute of her mewe and lodgynge.
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 210 Bero. Will these turtles be gon? King. Hence sirs, away. View more context for this quotation
1693 Humours & Conversat. Town 24 The Fool..concludes her the most constant pretty cooing Turtle in the Nation.
1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 1 Apr. (1965) I. 331 Several Couple of true Turtles..saying soft things to one another.
1865 E. W. Benson Let. 9 Jan. in A. C. Benson Life of E. W. Benson (1899) I. vi. 232 I am a solitary Turtle (Dove—not Reptile)—just now, my wife being at Rugby.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
a.
turtle love n.
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1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 267 Such faithfull dealing, vprightnesse of conscience, and Turtle loue.
turtle pigeon n.
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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > member of genus Streptopelia > streptopelia turtur (turtle-dove)
turturc825
turtlec1000
turtle-dovea1400
turtle pigeon1819
1819 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. XI. 72 Turtle Pigeon, Columba Turtur... Pigeon with the tail-feathers white at their tips, the back griseous, the breast vinaceous, a black spot on the sides of the neck, with white stripes, the abdomen white.
turtle wing n.
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1645 J. Milton On Christ's Nativity: Hymn iii, in Poems 3 Peace..With Turtle wing the amorous clouds dividing.
1821 R. S. Hawker Cornish Ballads (1908) 249 As on turtle-wings the moments fleet.
b.
turtle-billing adj.
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the mind > emotion > love > action of caressing > [adjective] > exhibiting or demonstrating one's love openly
turtle-likea1586
turtle-billing1616
1616 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor (rev. ed.) i. v, in Wks. I. 16 The happy state of turtle-billing louers.
turtle-footed adj.
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1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor Epil. sig. Riv Let..The Throat of Warre be stopt.., And Turtle-footed Peace daunce fairie Rings About her Court. View more context for this quotation
c1639 T. Dekker & J. Ford Sun's-darling (1656) v. 37 Turtle-footed Peace Dance..through his realms.
turtle-haunted adj.
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1873 T. L. Kingsbury Comm. Song Sol. iii The turtle-haunted groves.
turtle-like adj.
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the mind > emotion > love > action of caressing > [adjective] > exhibiting or demonstrating one's love openly
turtle-likea1586
turtle-billing1616
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iv. sig. Mm3v Lamenting..such as the turtle-like loue is wont to make for the euer ouer-soone losse of her only loued make.
1670 J. Dryden Tyrannick Love iii. i. 28 Then, Turtle-like, I'le to my Mate repair.
turtle-winged adj.
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1745 M. Akenside Ode on Lyric Poetry 18 While turtle-wing'd the laughing hours..Lead youth, and love, and harmless joy.
C2. † turtle-bird n. Obsolete the young of the turtle-dove.
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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > member of genus Streptopelia > streptopelia turtur (turtle-dove) > young
turtle-birdc1200
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 47 Gif hie was riche wimman, a lomb, gif hie was bitwene two, two turtle briddes, gif hie was poure, two duue briddes.
Derivatives
ˈturtlish adj. (also ˈturtleish) having the character or qualities of a turtle-dove.Apparently an isolated use.
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the mind > emotion > calmness > meekness or mildness > [adjective]
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gall-lessa1398
mansuetea1425
meeta1425
unwrathful1542
rageless1578
lamb-like?1592
mildya1603
milky1602
pigeon-livered1604
placid1614
spleenless?1615
passive1616
unprovokable1646
milken1648
uncaptious1661
stomachless1727
unindignant1789
pianoa1817
ireless1829
unquarrelsome1830
quiet-goinga1835
uncholeric1834
unoffendable1839
baby-milda1845
quiet-tempered1846
turtlish1855
pathic1857
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > gentleness or mildness > [adjective]
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placablea1522
facile1539
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mildya1603
unmalicious1605
uncruel1611
maliceless1614
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unpersecutive1664
baby-milda1845
rose water1855
turtlish1855
unvindictive1857
soft-boiled1859
tenderful1901
soft-lining1967
1855 Fraser's Mag. 51 229 The most turtleish of doves.
ˈturtlize v. (also ˈturtleize) transitive to turn into or make like a turtle-dove.Apparently an isolated use.
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1803 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) I. 59 I am softened, turtleised, yea, a very lamb!
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
turtlen.2
/ˈtəːt(ə)l/ 1. † c. Short for turtle-dinner n. at Compounds 1a or turtle-feast. Obsolete.
a. Any species of marine tortoise; also extended to various other tortoises. (Plural turtles, collectively usually turtle.)As to the varying application of the names tortoise and turtle, see the note to tortoise n. 1a.With defining words, applied to various species, as alligator turtle n. at alligator n.2 Compounds 4, bastard turtle n. at bastard n., adj., and adv. Compounds 2, box turtle n. at box n.2 Compounds 6, diamond-backed turtle at diamond-backed adj., hawk's-bill turtle at hawk's-bill n. 1, land-turtle n. at land n.1 Compounds 2b(b), leather-turtle n. at leather n. Compounds 3, loggerhead turtle at loggerhead n. 6a), mud turtle n. at mud n.1 Compounds 2b, painted turtle n. at painted adj. Compounds 2b, sea-turtle n.2, snapping-turtle at snapping adj. 3b, soft-shelled turtle see soft-shelled adj., trunk-turtle n. at trunk n. Compounds 2; chicken-turtle n. Chrysemys reticulata, also called chicken-tortoise. greaved turtle n. any species of the genus Podocnemis. green turtle n. various species of Chelonia, having green shells, as C. midas of the West Indies and C. virgata of the Pacific, both much esteemed as food. horned turtle n. an extinct turtle of the genus Miolania, having projections at the back of the skull like the ‘horned toad’.
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Chelonia (turtles and tortoises) > [noun] > turtles or sea-tortoises
sea-tortoise1601
soldier1608
turtle1657
thalassian1852
shell-back1853
turkle1861
fish1898
the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > flesh of turtles or terrapins
calipee1657
green turtle1657
calipash1749
terrapin1751
turtle1755
green fat1763
pash1764
the world > animals > reptiles > order Chelonia (turtles and tortoises) > [noun] > suborder Cryptodira > family Cheloniidae > member of genus Chelonia (green-turtle)
green turtle1657
green turtle1657
calipee1796
the world > animals > reptiles > order Chelonia (turtles and tortoises) > [noun] > suborder Cryptodira > family Emydidae (freshwater turtles) > member of genus Chrysemys (painted turtle)
hicatee1697
chicken-turtle1785
painted tortoise1839
1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 4 The Loggerhead Turtle,..the Hawkes bill Turtle... A third kind called the Green Turtle,..far excelling the other two, in wholesomnesse, and Rarenesse of taste.
1676 tr. A. Thevet Prosopographia (new ed.) 90 in T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (new ed.) He took a Ship~board..fourty Parrots, many Tortels, and many other Animals strange to our World.
1689 H. Pitman Relation Great Sufferings 22 We walked along the sea shore to watch for tortoise or turtle.
1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 13 Sea Tortoises, or, as the Sea-men call them, Turtle.
1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 100 June 17. I spent in cooking the Turtle; I found in her threescore Eggs.
1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 105 Great Quantity of Tortoises, or, as the Seamen call them, Turtles.
1785 Jackson's Oxf. Jrnl. 16 July Dressing a very fine lively Chicken Turtle..supplied..at 6/- per quart or 10/6 the Tureen.
1792 M. Riddell Voy. Madeira 63 Four species of turtle are found on the shores of this island—the green-turtle, the hawk's-bill,..the logger-head, and the land-tortoise.
1840 W. Irving Bermudas in Knickerbocker Mag. Jan. 20 The island abounded with turtle, and great quantities of their eggs were to be found among the rocks.
1870 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce 114 Turtles abound in the enclosed seas of Central America.
b. The flesh of various species of turtle used as food; also short for turtle-soup n. at Compounds 1a. (See also mock turtle n.)Often mentioned or alluded to as a feature of civic banquets.
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > flesh of turtles or terrapins
calipee1657
green turtle1657
calipash1749
terrapin1751
turtle1755
green fat1763
pash1764
the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > soup or pottage > [noun] > turtle-soup
turtle-soup1763
turtle1859
tortoise broth1861
1755 World No. 123. ⁋3 Of all the improvements in the modern kitchen, there are none that can bear a comparison with the introduction of Turtle.
1780 T. Davies Mem. Life David Garrick (1781) II. xxxviii. 122 High seasoned venison, delicious turtle, and excellent claret.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxvii. 234 He..had dined on horse-flesh and turtle with equal relish.
1859 Habits Good Society xi. 310 A light soup is better than a thick one,..turtle is only fit for an alderman.
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the world > food and drink > food > meal > feast > [noun] > feast by type of food
ambigu1669
oyster feast1718
waffle frolic1744
turtle-frolic1750
turtle-feast1753
turtle1771
turtle-dinner1805
waffle party1808
whitebait dinner1809
blood feast1832
sausage party1848
luau1853
pig roast1887
corn-roast1899
hog roast1908
marshmallow roast1914
spit roast1927
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 102 I..have almost prevailed upon uncle to give him a small turtle at the Bear.
1785 A. C. Bower Diaries & Corr. 16 Sept. (1903) 29 Tuesday next the good people at Dulish intend giving a Turtle and the Misses have prevailed on their Mother to add a little Hop in the Evening by way of helping Digestion.
1788 A. C. Bower Diaries & Corr. 16 Sept. (1903) 49 We were at Whatcombe Tuesday—a large party and a turtle.
2. to turn turtle.
a. literal. To catch turtle by throwing them on their backs.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting other marine animals > hunting turtles [verb (intransitive)] > hunt turtle > method
to turn turtle1689
1689 H. Pitman Relation Great Sufferings 20 They going ashore on the Main to turn Turtle, were set upon by the Indians.
1861 P. B. Du Chaillu Explor. Equatorial Afr. iv. 25 Turtle frequent the shores, and are ‘turned’ in considerable numbers.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. To turn a turtle, to take the animal by seizing a flipper, and throwing him on his back, which renders him quite helpless.
b. figurative (in earlier use to turn the turtle.) To turn over, capsize, be upset. (See also quot. 18182.)
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > capsize or be upset
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to turn the turtle1818
to go over1829
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to turn turtle1860
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turtle1920
1818 ‘A. Burton’ Adventures Johnny Newcome 69 John..in the next week..would take Twice calling, to be once awake; They turned the turtle, cut him down.
1818 ‘A. Burton’ Adventures Johnny Newcome 254 Turn the turtle, to get under a hammock, and lift it up in the middle, thus pitching the sleeper out on one side of it.
1830 United Service Jrnl. June 709 The chance on some equally squally night of ‘turning the turtle’, as Jack facetiously calls upsetting.
1842 F. Marryat Percival Keene III. iii. 59 But ‘turning the turtle’ is not making a quick passage, except to the other world.
1843 F. Marryat Narr. Trav. M. Violet III. x. 196 The canoe turned the turtle with them.
1860 All Year Round 28 July 384 If the wind catches that 'ere, she'll turn turtle at once.
1896 Daily News 2 July 9/1 An engine and two trucks had turned turtle on the embankment.
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society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > naval weapons and equipment > [noun] > mine
undermine1682
American turtle1775
torpedo1776
submarine1846
mine1862
pole torpedo1877
ground-torpedo1878
spar torpedo1878
countermine1880
acoustic mine1923
magnetic mine1939
limpet1942
pressure mine1943
oyster1945
1775–83 J. Thacher Mil. Jrnl. (1823) 75 A singular machine invented for destroying the British Shipping by explosion... American Turtle or Torpedo.
4. Typography. A curved bed in which types or stereo-types are secured, and which is mounted on one of the cylinders of a rotary printing-press: so called from a fancied resemblance of the bed to the back of a turtle.
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society > communication > printing > printing machine or press > parts of printers or presses > [noun] > parts which hold type
type-wheel1849
turtle1860
print-wheel1931
print chain1962
print head1968
print train1969
daisy-wheel1977
1860 R. Hunt Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 5) III. 540 An American [printing] machine, the invention of R. Hoe and Company... Each page is locked up upon a detached segment of the large cylinder, called by the compositors a ‘turtle’.
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 1797/2 The type is secured in turtles, or the stereotype is bent to the curve of the cylinder.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
a.
turtle-catcher n.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting other marine animals > [noun] > hunting turtles > turtle hunter
turtler1697
turtle-catcher1726
peg-striker1846
1726 Four Years Voy. Capt. G. Roberts 5 There might be some Turtle-catchers here since the last Turtle Season.
1815 J. Campbell Trav. S. Afr. xlii. 501 We were detained till noon next day..for the turtle catchers.
turtle-chase n.
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1860 F. C. L. Wraxall Life in Sea iv. 90 A picturesque description of such a Turtle-chase on Ascension Island.
turtle-dinner n.
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the world > food and drink > food > meal > feast > [noun] > feast by type of food
ambigu1669
oyster feast1718
waffle frolic1744
turtle-frolic1750
turtle-feast1753
turtle1771
turtle-dinner1805
waffle party1808
whitebait dinner1809
blood feast1832
sausage party1848
luau1853
pig roast1887
corn-roast1899
hog roast1908
marshmallow roast1914
spit roast1927
1805 in Edinb. Rev. July 357 Who freely give two guineas for a turtle dinner at the tavern.
turtle-eater n.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > gastronomy > [noun] > gastronome or epicure
viandera1556
sweet-lips1580
deipnosophist1581
feaster1585
epicure1586
friand1598
palatist1620
goinfre1643
palate-mana1661
palate-peoplea1661
bon-vivant1695
belly-critica1711
gourmand1758
turtle-eatera1774
connoisseur1796
gullet-fancier1805
gastrophilist1814
gastrologer1820
gastronomer1820
gastrophile1820
gourmet1820
palatician1821
gastrologist1822
gastronome1823
gastronomist1825
degustator1833
aristologist1835
opsophagist1854
gastrosoph1855
bon viveur1865
gastrosopher1894
foodist1906
foodie1980
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature (1834) II. 430 Your turtle eaters, city feast hunters, and persons who live in a continual round of pleasures.
turtle-egg n.
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1860 F. C. L. Wraxall Life in Sea iv. 87 Our two soldiers..stopped..to dig turtle eggs out of the sand.
turtle-feast n.
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the world > food and drink > food > meal > feast > [noun] > feast by type of food
ambigu1669
oyster feast1718
waffle frolic1744
turtle-frolic1750
turtle-feast1753
turtle1771
turtle-dinner1805
waffle party1808
whitebait dinner1809
blood feast1832
sausage party1848
luau1853
pig roast1887
corn-roast1899
hog roast1908
marshmallow roast1914
spit roast1927
1753 H. Walpole Lett. (1846) III. 12 Knightly..has been entertaining all the parishes round with a turtle-feast.
1760 G. Lyttelton Dialogues of Dead xix. 204 A Turtle feast is a Novelty to me.
1761 O. Goldsmith in Public Ledger 17 Sept. 889/1 The Mayor and Aldermen..celebrating the royal nuptials by a magnificent turtle feast.
1793 Ld. H. Spencer in Ld. Auckland's Corr. (1862) III. 112 Count Bernstorff gave us a turtle-feast at his château.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xli. 377 An alderman coming from a turtle feast will not step out of his carriage to steal a leg of mutton.
turtle-fishery n.
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1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. Introd. 87 The Turtle-fishery..thought..to be ours by right... The Turtle-fishing..pretended to by the French of the Island Tortugas.
turtle-fishing n.
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1904 Westm. Gaz. 12 Apr. 9/2 The crews of the six Caymans turtle-fishing vessels..were seized..by the Nicaraguan Government for alleged fishing in territorial waters.
turtle-skeleton n.
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1860 F. C. L. Wraxall Life in Sea iv. 88 Hundreds of Turtle skeletons lying about.
turtle-soup n.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > soup or pottage > [noun] > turtle-soup
turtle-soup1763
turtle1859
tortoise broth1861
1763 T. Smollett Trav. (1766) I. xi. 190 As for the turtle-soupe, it is a good restorative.
1846 A. Soyer Gastron. Regenerator 85 Turtle Soup. This soup, the delight of civic corporations,..has been, and perhaps ever will be, the leading article of English cookery.
1846 A. Soyer Gastron. Regenerator 87 Clear Turtle Soup.
b.
turtle-eating adj.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > gastronomy > [adjective] > devoted to gastronomy
lickerousc1315
lickerish?a1500
epicure1545
friand1598
fine-toothed1601
tender-mouthed1620
turtle-eating1760
gastronomous1828
turtle-feeding1834
gastrophilite1835
turtle-fed1847
turtly1868
1760 D. Garrick in A. Murphy Desert Island Prol. 22 Keep turtle-eating Aldermen awake.
turtle-fed adj.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > gastronomy > [adjective] > devoted to gastronomy
lickerousc1315
lickerish?a1500
epicure1545
friand1598
fine-toothed1601
tender-mouthed1620
turtle-eating1760
gastronomous1828
turtle-feeding1834
gastrophilite1835
turtle-fed1847
turtly1868
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xx. 177 A parcel of turtle-fed tradesmen.
turtle-feeding adj.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > gastronomy > [adjective] > devoted to gastronomy
lickerousc1315
lickerish?a1500
epicure1545
friand1598
fine-toothed1601
tender-mouthed1620
turtle-eating1760
gastronomous1828
turtle-feeding1834
gastrophilite1835
turtle-fed1847
turtly1868
1834 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 1 390/2 Your turtle-feeding Aldermen.
C2.
turtleburger n. a kind of hamburger made from turtle.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > meat dishes > [noun] > hamburger
quarter-pounder1847
Hamburg steak1884
Hamburger1889
Salisbury steak1897
cheeseburgerc1930
nutburger1934
Wimpy1935
burger1939
lamburger1939
beefburger1940
sausage-burger1942
Sloppy Joe1942
turtleburger1946
mooseburger1948
jumboburger1959
Big Mac1969
soy burger1973
slider1974
soya burger1974
1946 Amer. Speech 21 67/1 While in Florida Keys in the service in the Spring of 1940 I came across a road stand selling turtleburgers.
1979 Daily Tel. 29 Nov. 18 It must be admitted that the meat can be tasteless and fibrous, but its strength is its versatility: ‘turtleburgers’, for example, are delicious.
turtle-corral n. = turtle-crawl n. (a).
turtle cowry n. a large species of cowry, Cypræa testudinaria.
turtle-crab n. a minute species of crab parasitic upon turtles and other marine animals.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Brachyura (crab) > miscellaneous or unspecified types of crab
sea lion1601
blue crab1763
violet crab1774
angular crab1777
red crab1825
softshell1830
turtle-crab1838
porcellanian1840
Thelphusian1842
lady crab1844
oxystome1852
lobster-crab1854
porcelain crab1854
ochidore1855
havil1857
mask crab1857
sepoy crab1857
violet land crab1864
frog crab1876
stool-crab1880
paper-shell1890
porter crab1904
mitten crab1934
1838 Penny Cycl. XI. 362/1 Nantilograpsus minutus..Turtle-Crab, Browne;..M. Milne Edwards..sees no sufficient reason for distinguishing this species from Grapsus testudinum, Roux.
turtle-crawl n. (a) [crawl n.2] an enclosure in which turtles are kept; (b) [crawl n.1] ‘the track of a turtle to and from its nest’ ( Cent. Dict. 1891).
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or breeding other animals > [noun] > enclosure for sponges or turtles
turtle-crawl1833
turtle-kraal1885
terrapin farm1901
kraal1939
1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log xxi, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 748/2 The turtle crawls filled with beautiful clear water.
1903 Daily Mail 9 Sept. 5/3 A turtle crawl in Kingston, where over two hundred turtles were confined awaiting shipment,..was broken up by the force of the sea during the cyclone in Jamaica.
turtle-deck n. (a) = turtle-back n. 1a; also applied to a similar structure on an aircraft; (b) = turtle-back n. 1b.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > deck superstructure > arched structure over deck
turtle-back1881
whaleback1886
turtle-deck1889
society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > fuselage > convex deck
turtle-deck1889
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > body or bodywork > rear part > rear part arranged to carry luggage > rounded projecting boot
turtle-deck1889
turtle-back1941
1889 Cent. Dict. at Deck The turtle-deck or turtle-backed deck..is a convex deck extending a short distance aft from the stem of an ocean steamer to shed the water in a head sea; in many..steamships..there is a similar arrangement on the stern.
1908 Daily Chron. 15 May 8/6 The engines of the launch were not running... Mr. Moody and Mr. Smith stood on the turtle deck at the bow.
1912 Flight 26 Oct. 966/2 The fabric is..stretched over light formers above the girder so as to provide a kind of turtle-back deck.]
1913 Flight 31 May 586/2 The comfort of the pilot has been carefully studied and he is well sheltered behind an aluminium turtle deck.
1937 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 41 7 It was customary for the pilot to carry the parachute in the cockpit with the cable laid along the turtle deck and fastened securely with adhesive tape.
1954 Amer. Speech 29 103 Turtledeck, the trunk or turtleback of a roadster.
1967 A. Shennan Sopwith Snipe Described 17 To this basic structure was affixed a turtledeck structure of plywood formers and stringers.
turtle-egging n. the gathering of turtles' eggs ( Cent. Dict. 1891).
turtle-frolic n. colloquial a turtle-feast.
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the world > food and drink > food > meal > feast > [noun] > feast by type of food
ambigu1669
oyster feast1718
waffle frolic1744
turtle-frolic1750
turtle-feast1753
turtle1771
turtle-dinner1805
waffle party1808
whitebait dinner1809
blood feast1832
sausage party1848
luau1853
pig roast1887
corn-roast1899
hog roast1908
marshmallow roast1914
spit roast1927
1750 F. Goelet Jrnl. 2 Oct. in New-Eng. Historical & Geneal. Reg. (1870) XXIV. 53 Had an Invitation to day to Go to a Turtle Frolick.
1787 M. Cutler Jrnl. 27 June in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) I. 205 I received a polite invitation from Governor Bowen..to join them in a Turtle frolic.
1886 E. L. Bynner Agnes Surriage xv There was a turtle-frolic at Cambridge.
turtle-grass n. name for two marine plants with long narrow grass-like leaves: (a) Thalassia testudinum, of the W. Indies, etc.; (b) the grass-wrack, Zostera marina.
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the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [noun] > of unspecified or various types
sea-grass1591
rockweed1599
sea-tree1601
zoster1601
float-ore1602
vraic1610
sea-wrack1611
spangle-wort1681
trunk-weed1730
turtle-grass1736
sea-pine1762
agar-agar1769
greenweed1820
bull-kelpc1929
agarophyte1944
1736 Dr. Mortimer in Philos. Trans. 1735–6 (Royal Soc.) 39 116 Alga marina, gramineo angustissimo folio... Turtle-Grass: It grows at the Bottom of the Sea in shallow Water.
1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 71 The small grassy leaf'd Alga, or Turtle-grass.
1871 C. Kingsley At Last I. vi. 209 Manatis..coming in..to browse on mangrove shoots and turtle-grass.
1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants Thalassia testudinum, Manatee-grass, Turtle-grass.
1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants Zostera marina, Bell~ware,..Grass Wrack.., Turtle-grass.
turtle-head n. a North American scrophulariaceous plant, Chelone glabra, allied to Pentstemon, so called from the shape of the flower.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Scrophulariaceae (figwort and allies) > [noun] > figwort and allies
brownwortc1000
scrophularyc1400
water betonyc1400
bishop-leaves1597
fig-wort1597
kernel-wort1597
pilewort1640
scrophularia1663
water figwort1670
rose noble1808
snake's head1834
salpiglossid1846
salt-rheum weed1846
Cornish money-wort1848
turtle-head1857
scrophulariad1866
fiddlewood1878–86
stinking Christopher1878
stinkwort1890
1857 A. Gray First Lessons Bot. (1866) 94 The fifth stamen..appears in the..Turtlehead as a sort of filament without any anther.
turtle-insect n. a widely-distributed species of scale-insect, Coccus (Lecanium) hesperidum.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Coccidae or genus Coccus > coccus hesperidum (turtle-insect)
greenhouse bug1751
turtle-insect1896
1896 E. G. Lodeman Spraying of Plants i. i. 10 Corrosive sublimate..dissolved in..spirits, and..added to the water..possesses the power of destroying the brown turtle (scale) insect, white scaly coccus, pine bug [etc.].
turtle-kraal n. = turtle-crawl n. (a).
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or breeding other animals > [noun] > enclosure for sponges or turtles
turtle-crawl1833
turtle-kraal1885
terrapin farm1901
kraal1939
1885 A. Brassey In Trades 353 What they call a ‘turtle-kraal’, consisting of a large tank, in which were a number of turtle.
turtle-net n. a net for catching turtle.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting other marine animals > [noun] > hunting turtles > equipment
peg1720
turtle-net1794
1794Turtle-nets [see turtle-twine n.].
1839 Capt. Wilson in Mag. Nat. Hist. 3 519 They had got a large saw-fish entangled in their turtle-net.
1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 295 He sits..turtle-like, with his neck dropped into his chest.
1906 Westm. Gaz. 20 June 8/2 A great turtle-like head, with large eyes.
turtle-peg n. a prong fastened to a pole or cord used for harpooning turtles (= peg n.1 11a).
turtle-pegger n. one who uses a turtle-peg to catch turtles.
turtle-pegging n. the catching of turtles with a turtle-peg.
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turtle-press n. a printing-press in which a ‘turtle’ (sense 4) is (or was) used.
turtle-shell n. (a) the shell of a turtle; the material of this, tortoiseshell; (b) = turtle cowry n.
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Chelonia (turtles and tortoises) > [noun] > turtles or sea-tortoises > parts of
calipash1674
calipee1689
hut1698
monsieur1751
pee1764
turtle-shell1828
hyosternal1835
xiphiplastron1871
xiphisternum1872
pygal1885
xiphiplastral1889
turtle-back1898
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > other animal raw materials > [noun] > tortoise- or turtle-shell
tortoiseshell1632
turtle-shell1828
yellowbelly1905
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Turtle-shell, a shell, a beautiful species of Murex; also, tortoise-shell.
1845 J. Coulter Adventures Pacific x. 126 Round it [sc. the hut] were scattered a number of terrapin and turtle shells.
turtle-stone n. = septarium n. (from the markings on section resembling those of a tortoiseshell).
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > a stone > [noun] > concretionary or nodular > septarium
septarium1748
turtle-stone1851
beetle-stone1859
cement-stone1863
1851 H. T. De la Beche Geol. Observer 687 Those commonly known as septaria and turtle stones.
1859 R. Hunt Guide Mus. Pract. Geol. (ed. 2) 32 Good specimens of septaria or turtle stone from the Oxford clay.
turtle-twine n. twine for making turtle-nets.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting other marine animals > [noun] > hunting turtles > equipment > material for
turtle-twine1766
1766 W. Gordon Gen. Counting-house 386 3 cwt. 2 qrs. 18 lb. turtle twine.
1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 65 Turtle-twine, for turtle-nets, is made of good bar hemp.
Derivatives
(Cf. 1b.)
ˈturtledom n. a collective term for those who eat turtle (i.e. spec. London aldermen), or for their practices, methods, etc.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [noun] > eating flesh or meat > eaters of other flesh
ophiophagus1555
sheep-biter1599
offal-eater1889
turtledom1893
1893 Punch 4 Mar. 102/1 Turtledom feareth what Turtledom deems The perils of—Unification!
1894 Woolacott (title) The Curse of Turtledom: an Exposé of the Methods and Extravagant Expenditure of the Livery Companies.
1900 Daily News 26 Nov. 4/1 They appeal as much to the epicure of turtledom as to the vegetarian.
ˈturtly adj. addicted to or habitually eating turtle.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > gastronomy > [adjective] > devoted to gastronomy
lickerousc1315
lickerish?a1500
epicure1545
friand1598
fine-toothed1601
tender-mouthed1620
turtle-eating1760
gastronomous1828
turtle-feeding1834
gastrophilite1835
turtle-fed1847
turtly1868
1868 Cosmopolitan 25 July 334 We doubt..if the most turtly Alderman out can beat in legal acumen Monsieur le Juge de Paix de la Nièvre.
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Turtle Island n. (a) (in some interpretations of North American Indian folklore) a land from which the ancestors of some North American Indian peoples migrated (rare); (b) (in later use, esp. in political and environmental contexts) a North American Indian name for North America. [In sense (a), introduced by D. G. Brinton (see quot. 1885) as the translation of a putative Delaware phrase originally constructed by C.S. Rafinesque (compare his own English translation of the phrase ‘at Tula, at that island’ in American Nations (1836) 127). In sense (b) apparently by association of the continent with the primordial giant turtle on whose back the known world was created in Northern Iroquoian and Delaware cosmology.]
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1885 D. G. Brinton Lenâpé & their Legends 179 Nanabush, the Strong White One, grandfather of beings, grandfather of men, was on the Turtle Island.
1924 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1923 75 381 I venture to suggest that these [symbols] stood for the ‘Turtle Island’, i.e., the known world.
1972 G. Snyder in N.Y. Times 13 July 35/4 North America, Turtle Island, taken by invaders.
1996 V. Bedassigae-Pheasant in C. E. James Perspectives Racism & Human Services Sector iii. 76 The European invasion of Turtle Island..launched powerful economic and social currents that created and ultimately shaped the contemporary situations of First Nations people.
2014 Star Phoenix (Saskatoon, Sask.) (Nexis) 25 July (Early ed.) a13 The [North American Indigenous] Games also bring together youth from all over Turtle Island for a week of competition and cultural activities.
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turtle roll n. Surfing a technique used (typically on a longboard) to get past a breaking wave when paddling, by rolling over on one's back while holding on to the surfboard above the body then resuming a normal prone position on top of the surfboard once the wave has passed; = Eskimo roll n. 2.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > surfing > [noun] > actions of surfer
kick-out1801
ride1883
side-slip1913
surf1917
slide1935
pull-out1957
quasimodo1960
head dip1962
nose-riding1962
rolling1962
spinner1962
stalling1962
toes over1962
cutback1963
Eskimo roll1964
re-entry1968
right1968
rollercoaster1968
barrel roll1971
hold-down1982
railing1983
cross-stepping1990
cross-step1994
turtle roll2001
2001 T. Reynolds & D. Kiefer Buzz on Xtreme Sports iv. 111/2 There are two methods for taking on waves as you head out: the turtle roll and the duck dive.
2006 Observer (Nexis) 19 Feb. (Escape section) 5 I find myself losing grip of the board with every turtle roll.
2013 Orange County (Calif.) Reg. 12 June (Sports section) 10/1 The turtle roll is the best way to get through sizeable waves on bigger boards.
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Surfing. to turn turtle: to get past a breaking wave when paddling, by rolling over on one's back while holding on to the surfboard (typically a longboard) above the body then resuming a normal prone position atop the surfboard once the wave has passed.
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1965 P. L. Dixon Compl. Bk. Surfing 39 Barney digs in harder, paddling to meet the wave with enough force to keep from being knocked back. The wave comes and he turns turtle for the first time.
1987 J. Cole Making Waves i. 24 ‘Hey, did you see her turn turtle?’ Grant asked Cindy as he waded out toward them.
2015 New Yorker 1 June 61/2 I wasn't strong enough to hold on to my board when caught inside by six-foot waves, even though I ‘turned turtle’—rolled the board over, pulled the nose down from underwater, wrapped my legs around it, and got a death grip on the rails.
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† turtlev.1
Obsolete.
intransitive. To play the turtle, behave like a turtle-dove (cf. turtle n.1 1, 2). Also with it.
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the mind > emotion > love > action of caressing > caress or make a show of affection [verb (intransitive)] > exhibit love openly
turtle1701
1701 J. Prince Danmonii Orientales Illustres 338 He left..a Widow..to Turtle it after him, as he had done before.
1754 J. Shebbeare Marriage Act I. xxv. 148 I..am convinced how foolish all this Stuff called Love, Fidelity, Billing and Turtling in England is.
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turtlev.2
1. transitive. To make mock turtle of.Apparently an isolated use.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of meat > dress animals for food [verb (transitive)] > dress in specific way
hash1615
to farce together1650
fricassee1657
collarc1670
britten1688
roll1702
ragout1710
French1747
turtlea1756
fricandeau1769
haricot1769
surprise1769
a1756 E. Haywood New Present (1771) 149 To turtle a Calf's Head.
2. intransitive. To catch or ‘fish’ for turtle.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting other marine animals > hunting turtles [verb (intransitive)] > hunt turtle
turtle1838
1838 in G. C. Anderson Laws of Bahamas (1843) 119 If any person..be found turtling, or fishing, against the provisions of this Act.
1952 E. Hemingway Old Man & Sea 15 He never went turtle-ing. That is what kills the eyes.
3. transitive. To turn over: cf. to turn turtle at turtle n.2 2. Also intransitive.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > let oneself fall [verb (reflexive)] > capsize or be upset
turtle1896
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > capsize or be upset
whelma1300
overturna1393
overset1641
coup1787
upset1799
capsize1805
to turn the turtle1818
to go over1829
keela1860
to turn turtle1860
wintle1867
turtle1920
1896 Daily News 3 Aug. 4/7 She [the boat] turtled herself right again.
1920 C. H. Stagg High Speed (ed. 2) xiv. 251 The car should have careened until it almost turtled.
4.
a. To stretch (the neck) forward like a turtle.Apparently an isolated use.
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the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of stretching body > stretch [verb (transitive)] > specific part of body > the neck like a turtle
turtle1909
1909 Daily Chron. 30 Dec. 9/5 Nothing makes a woman look more awkward than to ‘turtle’ the neck.
b. intransitive. To act in a manner characteristic of a turtle (perhaps spec. to bridle or show indignation.) Also with up.Apparently only in the works of D. H. Lawrence.
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1914 D. H. Lawrence Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd i. ii. 28 Clara: Turning-out time, Laura. Laura (turtling): I'm sorry, I'm sure.
1920 D. H. Lawrence Lost Girl v. 64 It was most curious to see Miss Pinnegar turtle up at the mention of this scheme... She blurted, bridling and ducking her head..like a indignant turkey.
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