... people say "Let's talk turkey" when they want to get down to serious business?
The expression "talk turkey" is believed to have been explained in a report issued by the
U.S. Engineers Department in 1848, which included the following account:
Today I heard an anecdote that accounts for one of our common sayings. It is related that
a white man and an Indian went hunting, and afterwards, when they came to divide the spoils, the white
man said, "You may take the buzzard and I will take the turkey, or I will take the turkey and you will take
the buzzard." The Indian replied, "You never once said turkey to me."
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