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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



... on the other side of the table as the old woman left the room. "I didn't think to tell her to bring cold turkey and strawberry preserves and fruit cake, but she remembered that I didn't eat much lunch, and she is always trying to tempt my appetite. She's the best old soul that evah was. Oh, Miss Sarah, I'm so glad you came. I haven't had a pah'ty like this for ages. Heah! I'll let ...
— The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation • Annie Fellows Johnston
... "he sent me a box Thanks-giving, There was a cold turkey and caramels and guava jelly and ginger-snaps, and walnut meats and seedless raisins, and, and as Mr. Tompkins says, it doesn't do to be ...
— The Penalty • Gouverneur Morris


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