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Wishbone   /wˈɪʃbˌoʊn/   Listen
Wishbone

noun
1.
The furcula of a domestic fowl.  Synonym: wishing bone.






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"Wishbone" Quotes from Famous Books



... shall seek better game than you found. Ducks are becoming plenty in the river, and all the conditions are favorable for a crack at them this morning. So I shall paddle out with a white coat over my clothes, and pretend to be a cake of ice. If I bring you a canvas-back, Amy, will you put the wishbone over the door?" ...
— Nature's Serial Story • E. P. Roe

... skillet—fries it over the coals. And then when it is done just right, Maryland style, this mother full of mother-love, an ingredient which God never omits, shakes each little piccaninny into wakefulness, and gives him the forbidden dainty—drumstick, wishbone, gizzard, white meat, or the part that went through the ...
— Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers • Elbert Hubbard



Words linked to "Wishbone" :   furcula, bird, fowl



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