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Cold turkey   /koʊld tˈərki/   Listen
Cold turkey

noun
1.
A blunt expression of views.
2.
Complete and abrupt withdrawal of all addictive drugs or anything else on which you have become dependent.  "She quit her job cold turkey"





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"Cold turkey" Quotes from Famous Books



... did eat my breakfast upon a cold turkey pie and a goose, and I did send for a cup of tee (a china drink) of which ...
— Daddy-Long-Legs • Jean Webster
... I shan't be able t' eat any o' the rest when I'm through with the turk'!" sighed Spike, a little reproachfully. "My, but I'm hungry! Strange how hungry cold turkey makes ...
— The Definite Object - A Romance of New York • Jeffery Farnol
... Cold turkey, chicken, veal or lamb, chopped fine; add one-fourth as much bread crumbs as meat; salt, pepper and herbs to taste; then to one cup of the mixture one well-beaten egg. Make in small balls egg-shaped, ...
— The Community Cook Book • Anonymous


Words linked to "Cold turkey" :   expression, withdrawal, verbal expression, verbalism, drug withdrawal


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