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turn
noun- a histrionic display AUSTRALIA
- That’s when you discovered us. Stacked on a turn. Went the knuckle. Dorabella shot through, abandoning her white bloomers on a low bough. — Jack Hibberd, A Stretch of the Imagination, p. 15, 1971
- When he got there, to save any hazzle, he put him in the yard, shut the gate and off and Adrian put on a real turn. — Sam Weller, Old Bastards I Have Met, p. 141, 1979
- a (theatrical) performer UK, 1715
- The average turn at Duckie was absurd, confrontational, piss-taking – a mutant hybrid of pub drag and performance art. — The Guardian, p. 15, 14 May 2002
- a party AUSTRALIA, 1953
- “How did you think the turn went?” “It was a beauty. Best house-warming party I’ve been to.” — Alexander Buzo, Rooted, p. 30, 1969
- in trucking, a return trip US
- — Warren Smith, Warren’s Smith’s Authentic Dictionary of CB, p. 53, 1976
- a jail sentence US
- You know what happens if you do another turn in the joint? — The Usual Suspects, 1995
▶ do a turn
to have sex UK
A play on a theatrical act.- — Paul Baker, Polari, p. 172, 2002
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