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/drˈəmstɪk/ Listen

noun

Drumstick n.

A stick with which a drum is beaten.

Anything resembling a drumstick in form; applied especially to the tibiotarsus, or second joint, of the leg of a fowl, when cooked and served at the table.

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Etymology of 'Drumstick'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Drumstick" Quotes from Famous Books

... FOWL.—Cut off the leg, and separate it at the joint into "drumstick" and second joint. Cut off the wing and remove the tip; make an incision at the middle joint. Remove the leg and wing from the other side; separate the wishbone with the meat on it, from the breast, cut through the ribs on each side, and separate the ...

— School and Home Cooking • Carlotta C. Greer

... says Campbell. Cocoa is a useful thing in the morning watch, and Gran, who used to be Campbell's snotty, and whose English was not then perfect, said he was glad of a change because he "did not like being turned into a drumstick" (he meant a domestic). ...

— The Worst Journey in the World, Volumes 1 and 2 - Antarctic 1910-1913 • Apsley Cherry-Garrard

... Kate, hould on, girl!" he shouted. "Ma-chree! Machree! The darling's dancing like a drumstick!" ...

— The Manxman - A Novel - 1895 • Hall Caine

... drumstick and ginger-beer bottles." Adela quoted some scapegoat of her acquaintance, as her way was when she wished to be pungent without incurring the cold sisterly eye of ...

— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith