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turkey shoot
noun
- a marksmanship contest, usually at a festive gathering, in which rifles are fired at moving targets, originally live turkeys.
- something easily accomplished; piece of cake.
- an easy destruction of enemy troops, especially of flying aircraft.
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Origin of turkey shoot1
An Americanism dating back to 1835–45
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The Great UFO Turkey Shoot of 2023 began with a bang—several, in fact.
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Simon Mayo described it as an "annual turkey shoot", while Graham Norton said it was "not comfortable and not nice".
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The question is whether United suffer a comedown from their midweek turkey shoot.
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One air battle was so lopsided in favor of the Americans that it was called a turkey shoot.
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“That would have been like a turkey shoot for the average police department.â€
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