How long ago in history did people start using the saying, "Smart as a turk

Question: How long ago in history did people start using the saying, "Smart as a turkey"!?

Where the heck did that phrase come from anyway!? I was always thought that turkeys were not that smart!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

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I have no clue honey but I tell you this much: I don't eat Turkey for Thanksgiving because I simply don't like Turkey meat nevertheless the whole stuffing ! LOL !! But, I am smart but I think when I gave myself this name, I was like "drunk"!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

No clue but I have heard of a William "Turkey" Smart (1830-1919) was a champion speed skater and the first of a dynasty of skaters from the small village of Welney, on the Norfolk/Cambridgeshire border in the centre of the Fens, England!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I think that may have been from the Nixon era!. After that, they also coined the phrase 'and we got a used Ford form this man'!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Ever since Clo was born with a bottle of Johnny Walker in one hand with a nipple on itWww@QuestionHome@Com

You spelled "Brainy as a hamster" wrongWww@QuestionHome@Com

I thought Clo was a smart turkey, wonder what happened!? Too much Johnny Walker!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

when Clo said itWww@QuestionHome@Com