turkey cock

the male of the turkey.

a strutting, pompous, conceited person.

Origin of turkey cock

First recorded in 1535–45

He came to my chambers the very next day, with a face like a turkey-cock, to ask me if it was I that he saw at the theatre.

Thereby Hangs a Tale |George Manville Fenn
"There he struts, with his wings drooping like a turkey-cock gone into deep mourning," said Sebright.

Romance |Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
Swithin reddened, a resemblance to a turkey-cock coming upon his old face.

The Forsyte Saga, Complete |John Galsworthy
He told them of how much the farmers wife thought of him, and about his friend the turkey-cock, and about old Tige.

Six Little Ducklings |Katharine Pyle

In Florence I think he would have got the nickname of Tacchin, or turkey-cock.

New Italian sketches |John Addington Symonds

turkey cock

a male turkey

an arrogant person