Meanings
proper noun
- USinformalThanksgiving; an American holiday celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November.
Thanksgiving.— This Day will be observed in all the New England States, except Massachusetts, as a day of public Thanksgiving. It will be Turkey-day in this State, this day week.
1835 November 26, Boston Morning Post, volume IX, number 141, [Boston, Massachusetts]: Beals & Greene, →OCLC, page [2], column 2
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Origin
After the turkey, the traditional main course of Thanksgiving dinner, and an occasional motif in Thanksgiving decorations.
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Turkey Day. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Turkey%20Day
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“Turkey Day.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Turkey%20Day. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Turkey Day,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Turkey%20Day.
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