noun
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a stick used for playing a drum
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the lower joint of the leg of a cooked fowl
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The little fellow, when nine or ten years of age, was fond of drumming, and once dropt his drum-stick into the draw-well.
"For that you shall have a drum-stick," I retorted.
From I Walked in Arden by Crawford, Jack
As for Bobsey, he appeared to browse steadily after church, but seemed in no wise to have exhausted his capacity when at last he attacked his soup, turkey drum-stick, and the climax of a pudding.
From Driven Back to Eden by Roe, Edward Payson
Then Mark took the drum-stick, and had his turn at it.
From Bevis The Story of a Boy by Jefferies, Richard
Below him was a another, a bass drum, set in a frame, and in his last leg, or arm, was clutched a heavy drum-stick, which pounded out tremendous noise, if not music.
From Japanese Fairy World Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan by Ozawa
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