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Wishbone   /wˈɪʃbˌoʊn/   Listen
noun
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



... 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

... that wasn't the worst of it. He was pretty well shot to pieces by the brigands whom he had met on his travels. With every ascent there was less of him to climb, you see. In fact, he was being worn down so fast that pretty soon there wouldn't be much left of him except his wishbone. That was indestructible. He would always wish. And after the hardest climb of all, here he is very ...
— Over the Pass • Frederick Palmer



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