turn Turk

English

Verb

turn Turk (third-person singular simple present turns Turk, present participle turning Turk, simple past and past participle turned Turk)

To go to the bad; to become hopelessly obstinate.
(obsolete) To convert to Islam.
- 1850, William Makepeace Thackeray, Rebecca and Rowena:
  "She wants to be a princess, and has turned Turk," roared the rabbis.

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