Webster 1913 Edition
Turkle
Tur′kle
,
A turtle.
[Obs. or Illiterate]
Definition 2024
turkle
turkle
English
Noun
turkle (plural turkles)
- (US, dialect) A turtle.
- 1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of, Nebraska 1987, p. 33:
- I knew my father's nature so well, that I was certain his anger would hang on to him like a turkle does to a fisherman's toe [...].