DRUMSTICK

drumstick

(noun) a stick used for playing a drum

drumstick

(noun) the lower joint of the leg of a fowl

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

drumstick (plural drumsticks)

A stick used to play drums. [from 16th c.]

The second joint of the legbone of a chicken or other fowl, especially as an item of food. [from 17th c.]

(India) The moringa or drumstick tree, Moringa oleifera, especially its slender, cylindrical pods. [from 19th c.]

Synonyms

• (chicken): chicken leg

Coordinate terms

• (chicken): chicken thigh, thigh

Source: Wiktionary

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Drum"stick`, n.

1. A stick with which a drum is beaten.

2. Anything resembling a drumstick in form, as the tibiotarsus, or second joint, of the leg of a fowl.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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