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Turk's head   /tərkz hɛd/   Listen
Turk's head

noun
1.
An ornamental knot that resembles a small turban.





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"Turk's head" Quotes from Famous Books



... human face divine. He is a militia-officer, and the most amusing person in the House. Can anything be more exquisitely absurd than the burlesque grandeur of his air, as he strides up to the lobby, his eyes rolling like those of a Turk's head in a cheap Dutch clock? He never appears without that bundle of dirty papers which he carries under his left arm, and which are generally supposed to be the miscellaneous estimates for 1804, or some equally important documents. He is very punctual in his ...
— Sketches by Boz - illustrative of everyday life and every-day people • Charles Dickens


Words linked to "Turk's head" :   knot


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