"talk turkey" meaning in English

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      "form": "talking turkey",
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      "form": "talked turkey",
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        "past"
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      "form": "talked turkey",
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        {
          "ref": "1881 December 13, “The Erie to ‘Talk Turkey’”, in New York Times, retrieved 2008-10-21, page 8",
          "text": "An Erie car loaded with live turkeys . . . was delivered to the New-York and New-England Railroad yesterday. . . . This first cargo is symbolical of the fact that they will be able hereafter to \"talk turkey\" to all competitors for New-England business.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        {
          "ref": "1918, Peter B. Kyne, chapter 19, in The Valley of the Giants",
          "text": "I'm here to talk turkey. What's your price?",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2005 July 13, “Opinion: Korean advance”, in International Herald Tribune, retrieved 2008-10-21",
          "text": "This will mean talking turkey about the timing of steps for each side to take, and verification measures.",
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        }
      ],
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        "To talk or negotiate plainly, frankly, or seriously."
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          "negotiate"
        ],
        [
          "plainly",
          "plainly"
        ],
        [
          "frankly",
          "frankly"
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        [
          "seriously",
          "seriously"
        ]
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        "(chiefly US, idiomatic) To talk or negotiate plainly, frankly, or seriously."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "get to the point"
        }
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  "word": "talk turkey"
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    {
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "talked turkey",
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    },
    {
      "form": "talked turkey",
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          "ref": "1881 December 13, “The Erie to ‘Talk Turkey’”, in New York Times, retrieved 2008-10-21, page 8",
          "text": "An Erie car loaded with live turkeys . . . was delivered to the New-York and New-England Railroad yesterday. . . . This first cargo is symbolical of the fact that they will be able hereafter to \"talk turkey\" to all competitors for New-England business.",
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          "text": "I'm here to talk turkey. What's your price?",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2005 July 13, “Opinion: Korean advance”, in International Herald Tribune, retrieved 2008-10-21",
          "text": "This will mean talking turkey about the timing of steps for each side to take, and verification measures.",
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        "To talk or negotiate plainly, frankly, or seriously."
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          "plainly",
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          "frankly",
          "frankly"
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        "(chiefly US, idiomatic) To talk or negotiate plainly, frankly, or seriously."
      ],
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    {
      "word": "get to the point"
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