Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A turtle or tortoise.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Obs. or Illiterate A turtle.
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- noun US, dialect A
turtle .
Etymologies
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Examples
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But turtle, as embracing all chelonians, or, as liberal shepherds call it, "turkle," is unquestionably Cisatlantic.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 Various
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"turkle" story which he tells, is just coming along as I wait a moment for the breakfast bell.
The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer John Beatty
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Bill Kerr: sherry turkle critiques simulations skip to main
sherry turkle critiques simulations Bill Kerr 2008
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U noez da wun bout da snayl dat wuz mugged bai a turkle?
NOM NOM NOM - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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I guess that's in the best interest of the turkey/turtle turkle? but it's like a Chick-fil-a ad gone awry.
Creations That Might Possibly Be Representations of Turkeys Jen 2008
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And they loved that he did not pretty them up, or dumb them down: he wrote in their language, in which a turtle is a turkle, a loose girl is a chippy, and the glowing mist in the trees on the ridge is the willow-wisp, come to spirit them away.
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And they loved that he did not pretty them up, or dumb them down: he wrote in their language, in which a turtle is a turkle, a loose girl is a chippy, and the glowing mist in the trees on the ridge is the willow-wisp, come to spirit them away.
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"The only reason de turkle didn't go was it t'ought we'se porpuses."
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Yo 'ort to be' shamed, standin 'gawpin' like a mud turkle.
The Gold Girl 1921
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"It's a mighty big turkle," he faltered and snuggled closer.
The Heart's Kingdom Maria Thompson Daviess 1898
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