Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A stick for beating a drum.
- noun The lower part of the leg of a fowl, especially when cooked.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The tetanus bacillus, which has a round spore at one extremity.
- noun One of the sticks used in beating a drum.
- noun Hence, from its shape, the lower or outer joint of the leg of a dressed fowl, as a chicken, duck, or turkey.
- noun The stilt-sandpiper or bastard dowitcher, Micropalama himantopus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A stick with which a drum is beaten.
- noun 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
stick used to playdrums . - noun The second joint of the
leg bone of achicken or otherfowl , asmeat .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a stick used for playing a drum
- noun the lower joint of the leg of a fowl
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Examples
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"Trust Jack for that," added Peterkin, who was at that moment deeply engaged with what he called the drumstick of a roast monkey.
The Gorilla Hunters 1859
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When, with its thick, palatable flesh, it is cooked and placed on the table, it is known as the "drumstick" -- a favorite part of the fowl with hungry boys, vying, in their minds, with the "white meat" of the breast.
Our Bird Comrades 1896
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Water and sanitation experts are currently investigating if a powder made from the seeds of the Moringa Oleifera, commonly known as the drumstick or horseradish tree, can be used as a filter to purify water.
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Similar to the way Peking duck is made, the chef dunks each "drumstick" into a hot-oil bath and then uses a ladle to give it final shower of hot oil before finishing it off in the oven.
Roasted pigeon au sang, polenta churros, spiced wine sauce Amy Ma 2010
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Armless icing clowns with "drumstick" legs giving birth to sprinkles on top of four-leaf cupcake clovers.
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This kind of boned chicken may be very well for the mental invalid, but the ordinary child prefers to separate his meat from the "drumstick" by his own unaided effort, and there is no doubt that it is better for him to do so.
A Librarian's Open Shelf Arthur E. Bostwick
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denticulata, known as drumstick primrose, has umbels of yellow-eyed purple flowers; P.
SFGate: Top News Stories Erle Nickel 2010
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With infinite timidity he turned his head and encountered a gaze so soft, so hallowed, that it disconcerted him, and he dropped a "drumstick" of fried chicken, well dotted with ants, from his plate.
Ramsey Milholland Booth Tarkington 1907
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He replaced the "drumstick" upon his plate and allowed it to remain there untouched, in spite of a great hunger for it.
Ramsey Milholland Booth Tarkington 1907
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Change the map into a steaming roast turkey by adding the lines to form the wing, the "drumstick," the garnishment and the plate.
Crayon and Character: Truth Made Clear Through Eye and Ear Or, Ten-Minute Talks with Colored Chalks 1900
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Drumstick is the brand name for different novelty ice cream cones sold in the United States, Australia, Canada, and other countries across the world.
A typical Drumstick-brand ice cream cone is a waffle cone filled with ice cream, topped with chocolate and nuts, has a chunk of chocolate in the bottom of the cone and is commonly found in the frozen food section of a US grocery store. However in Australia a chocolate cone variety called Drumstick Royale is available, which replaces the waffle cone with a solid chocolate cone.
The original product was invented by I.C. Parker of The Drumstick Company in 1928.
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Drumstick has become a generic term for any brand or homemade icecream treat that features a sundae combination (icecream topped with a chocolate shell and chopped nuts) in a prepared waffle-type sugar cone.
February 3, 2008