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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

"Under the meat of a drumstick, you'll find two bones -- the tibia, which is long and thick, and the fibula, which is much shorter and thinner," Manafzadeh explained.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2024

"Remember Burkes," I said while tearing into a drumstick, "I would be satisfied if I had some of those . . ."

From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2024

Cut to a close-up of a happy wife biting into a drumstick.

From New York Times ● Nov. 29, 2023

He pointed the drumstick at me and went on.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

"You are my god," Sanae Takaichi, a hard rock enthusiast, told the band's drummer Ian Paice, beaming as she handed him a pair of signed Japanese-made drumsticks.

From BBC ● Apr. 11, 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

Ruffin told me he’s been holding onto a pair of Ayers’ drumsticks for years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2025

The ratatatatmg of the drumsticks rattled through me, setting my teeth to shaking and waking the bees who had lately gone to sleep in my brainpan.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson




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