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wishbone

wish·bone

wishbone

 
pronunciation:
wIsh bon
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part of speech: noun
definition: a forked bone found in front of the breastbone of most birds. Wishbones from cooked birds are used to make wishes. The two ends of the bone are pulled by two different people until the bone breaks somewhere near the middle. The person with the larger end left from the break is said to have won their wish.
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