limb hanger
n.— «The Lenawee Limb Hangers (turkey-hunting parlance for a bird with large enough spurs you could push them into a branch to hang the bird) won the drawing and selected Ellis.» —“Lt. Gov. Cherry lends hand on turkey hunt” by Bob Gwizdz Kalamazoo Gazette (Mich.) May 29, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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