Meanings
nounturn-out (plural turn-outs)
plural turn-outs
- alternativeAlternative form of turnout.
My turn-out was unexceptionable; men copied my running-shoes; my jacket and trowsers were an admiration; my bat perfection; I was the very picture of a cricketer, but, alas! very little more than a picture.
1860 August 24, “The Demon Bowler”, in The Brant Expositor, volume VIII, number 45, Brantford, Canada West, →ISSN, →OCLC, front page, column 3
Origin
Deverbal from turn out.
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