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drumstick

[druhm-stik] / ˈdrʌmˌstɪk /


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At one booth, visitors pointed their phones at a humanoid wearing an apron as it gingerly reached for a toy chicken drumstick before clamping down and lifting the fake meat into a bucket.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

You’ll be equal parts annoyed and delighted at its existence, while giving full kudos to the production design team that fashioned a Picasso-esque drumstick for Black to wave around.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2025

The researchers found that in birds, the tibial joint surfaces have curved arcs, and the shortened fibula is able to roll within the bird's drumstick for about its length relative to the tibia.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2024

Some 75.3 million years ago, a dinosaur swallowed the Cretaceous equivalent of a turkey drumstick.

From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2023

At supper Fern ate bread and corn but she wouldn’t touch the gravy-coated drumstick Big Ma put on her plate.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia

Instead, some lamb kebab recipes showed only goat, beef fat and chicken drumsticks.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

Sometimes I’ll go to a musical instrument store called Caveman Vintage Music in Lincoln Heights just to pick up a few things that I’ll need, you know, drumsticks or whatever.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

“Secretary of War” Pete Hegseth, appearing alongside his wife, is asked whether he prefers drumsticks, flats, or boneless wings.

From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2025

But customers are skipping drumsticks, breasts and thighs, reaching instead for sandwiches and tenders that have made Chick-fil-A, Dave’s Hot Chicken and Raising Cane’s some of the industry’s fastest-growing brands.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025

I took a deep breath and waited for the clicks of Ellie’s drumsticks.

From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez


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