turk
v.— «Yet the debate has taken on racist and xenophobic undertones in Austria, where local slang is peppered with disparaging expressions: If something’s been “Turked,” it’s been faked or swindled, and “Turkish luggage” is a crumpled grocery sack.» —“Many in Europe turning up their noses at Turkey” by William J. Kole Houston Chronicle (Texas) Oct. 2, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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