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Wishbone   Listen
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Wishbone  n.  The forked bone in front of the breastbone in birds; called also merrythought, and wishing bone. See Merrythought, and Furculum.






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"Wishbone" Quotes from Famous Books



... the time. If in war, then bayonets are stacked and holly-wreathed, and candles stuck on each point! If at sea, some sailor climbs out on the bowsprit with a wreath of green. If on the western plains, a turkey wishbone for target will make the sport, at fifty paces; if at home, some great extravagance or some humble gift or some poignant wish will point the day; if at church, then mass and carol; in certain hearts, reverence,—everywhere the time takes hold of folk and receives ...
— Christmas - A Story • Zona Gale

... bachelor. When he got the wishbone of the chicken all insisted that Lin and he pull it. When the leader got the short piece all laughed and joked him; all the party was jolly. No. There was one who was not, although he endeavored to conceal it ...
— Watch Yourself Go By • Al. G. Field

... bark from the tree and bends it over the tent pole; with a club he beats down the nuts from the branches; with a round stone he knocks the squirrel from the bough; another hour suffices for cutting a line from the ox's hide and, hastily making a hook out of the wishbone of the bird, he draws the trout from its stream. But if for savage man a day suffices for building and provisioning the tent, the accumulated wisdom of centuries is required for the home of to-day. One century offers an arch for the door, another century offers glass ...
— The Investment of Influence - A Study of Social Sympathy and Service • Newell Dwight Hillis



Words linked to "Wishbone" :   wishing bone, fowl, furcula



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