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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



... in the day, and when we reached Medora he was not in a presentable condition. I forget now how he had earned his name, but no doubt he had come honestly by it; it was a part of his history, as was that of "The Pike," "Cold Turkey Bill," "Hash Knife Joe," and other classic ...
— Camping with President Roosevelt • John Burroughs
... turkey hunters were eating their breakfast of cold turkey a doe, followed by a fawn which was still in the spotted coat, walked out on the open prairie within fifty yards of them and gazed at them ...
— Dick in the Everglades • A. W. Dimock
... if here isn't a cold turkey and a pan of pudding,' rejoined Pete, whose researches had also been crowned ...
— City Crimes - or Life in New York and Boston • Greenhorn


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