noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
cold turkey
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addicts who are made to go cold turkey
go cold turkey
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addicts who are made to go cold turkey
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
cold
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I quit cold turkey some 25 years ago, but the specialists simply shrug off this kind of information.
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Serve with slices of cold turkey or ham.
roast
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Festive Food Everyone seems to enjoy special foods at Christmas time - from roast turkey to stuffed dates and other sweet treats.
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Deli-type sandwiches with corned or roast beef, turkey or ham are also an option.
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Lunch meats like roast beef or turkey work extremely well.
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Alma talked a great deal over that meal of roast turkey .
wild
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The intensely flavored, spicy mole, with chocolate as its base, is the perfect foil for wild turkey .
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If you are lucky enough to get a true wild turkey , the flavor match with the mole sauce is fantastic.
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They would eat a wild turkey only when they were near starvation.
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I heard wild turkeys gobbling and saw white-tailed deer.
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The gamy flavor and superior texture of the wild turkey over a domestic bird argues for its use.
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Flocks of as many as one hundred wild turkeys , each weighing up to forty pounds, abounded in the woods.
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Similar accomplishments can be found in the raising of many almost-extinct species of game birds, such as wild turkey .
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There are no restaurants or motels, no industry to speak of, only deer and wild turkey roaming the surrounding forest.
■ NOUN
dinner
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Never-ending telly, Mum's long face, and a turkey dinner that nobody wanted to eat, not even Henry.
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She begins cackling, smacking her lips, like a child thinking of a turkey dinner .
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The turkey dinner , not provided for in the mental health budget, is furnished by the Alliance for the Mentally Ill.
■ VERB
cook
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Festive Filling - cooked chopped turkey and apple combined with cranberry sauce. 9.
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A: Use the roasting guidelines to estimate how long to cook the turkey .
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There had been a dinner cooked , turkey or chicken with sausages, roast potatoes and stuffing.
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Michael Barry will be offering advice on how to cook the turkey in our January issue.
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As for Christmas Day itself, don't panic if you're cooking a big turkey lunch for the very first time.
stuff
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Cook separately, or use to stuff a turkey .
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If you stuffed the turkey , remove the stuffing and store separately.
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Q: Is it all right to stuff the turkey ?
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Making profits on Wall Street is a bit like eating the stuffing from a turkey .
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Most home cooks prefer to roast a stuffed whole wild turkey for the drama of the presentation.
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Some higher authority must first put the stuffing into the turkey .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A Sunday night in September may be a bit early for Christmas but the Leadmill has already got the turkey in.
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Buy a map, turkeys -- and get a clue.
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Carol says I ought to get up early and help you put the turkey in the oven.
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How many days will a frozen turkey take to defrost?
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Others suggest the dark meat of turkey .
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Spoon turkey mixture on to warm tortillas; roll up.
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Stir some into the stuffing for turkey or game birds, or mix with minced meat when making pâté.
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Treat the family and serve it with your favourite meats and salads - don't save it just for the turkey !