hand turkey

English

Noun

hand turkey (plural hand turkeys)

  1. (informal) A drawing of a turkey created by tracing the outline of a splayed hand, the fingers representing its back feathers and the thumb its head and neck.
    • 2013, Stuart Stutzman, Marginally Fictitious:
      “I need you to draw me a hand turkey for the refrigerator,” my mother said. “Go grab your crayons.”
      Sam ran over to his little desk in the corner and started to trace his hand onto a sheet of yellow construction paper.
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