hand turkey

English

Noun

hand turkey (plural hand turkeys)

1. (informal) A drawing of a turkey created by tracing the outline of a splayed hand, the fingers representing its back feathers and the thumb its head and neck.
   • 2013, Stuart Stutzman, Marginally Fictitious:

     “I need you to draw me a hand turkey for the refrigerator,” my mother said. “Go grab your crayons.”
     Sam ran over to his little desk in the corner and started to trace his hand onto a sheet of yellow construction paper.