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Turkey trot

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A dance popular in the first two decades of the 20th century, consisting of exaggerated bird-like movements performed to fast-paced ragtime music.

    "From the direction of "The Yellow Lantern" […] arose the strident notes of a tinny piano beating blatantly the measure of a turkey trot."

  2. 2
    an early ragtime one-step wordnet
  3. 3
    A footrace held on or around Thanksgiving Day. US
Verb
  1. 1
    To dance a turkey trot.

    "The old men on the Exchange play golf all day, and the young ones turkey-trot all night."

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