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Your word for today is: turducken, n.

turducken, n.
Pronunciation: Brit. /ˌtəˈdʌk(ə)n/,  U.S. /ˌtərˈdək(ə)n/
Etymology: <  tur- (in turkey n.2) + a blend of duck n.1 and chicken n.1
 U.S. Cookery.
  A poultry dish consisting of a boned chicken inside a boned duck
which is in turn placed inside a (partially) boned turkey, along with
seasoned stuffing between the layers of meat and in the central
cavity, the whole typically being cooked by roasting. Also as a mass
noun.
1982 Newsweek 29 Nov. (Life/Style section) 92/2 The main attraction at
dinner this week is called ‘turducken’. To make it, Prudhomme stuffs a
boneless chicken with a reddish sausage stuffing; the stuffed chicken
is then stuffed into a boneless duck;‥finally, the chicken and duck
are stuffed into a boneless turkey.
1996 Amer. Spectator (Nexis) July (Culture Vultures section), I asked
her whether she'd be having turkey or goose on the big day. ‘My
daughter's doing a turducken,’ she replied.
1999 Capital(Annapolis, Maryland) 25 Nov. c2/5 ‘Bear with me here,’
says Mr. Mayer, making turducken during the taping of the Christmas
show.
2006  J. L. Morgan Culinary Creation 220 Invented in New Orleans to
serve on festive occasions, the turducken has become popular in the
United States during the last few decades.

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