Maybe Whit, but turdy tee turd and turd, (33rd and 3rd) in Brooklyn was the location of the Naval Health Station, where inductees had to report for physicals. it's close to the old brooklyn navy yards. if it has an association with joisey, it's just since they built the guinea gang plank. (known out side of NY/NJ as the Verenzano bridge.)

and i've always thought it, along with turlet (as Archie Bunker would say) as being low class 3rd generation irish--mostly brooklynese, but i heard turlet as a child in the bronx.


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