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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Her first hit item was a baby rattle shaped like a chicken drumstick that was sold wrapped in cellophane, much like a meat-counter purchase.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Much like that final drumstick you probably shouldn’t have eaten, equities spent last week digesting their gains.
From Barron's ● Dec. 7, 2025
"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
“Oh, by the way, Will,” he said, forking a drumstick onto his plate.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
He refuses to let go of his drumsticks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
"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
She wore skirts to just below the knees, but from there down, her legs were shaped like chicken drumsticks, rounded and full at the top, narrow at the bottom.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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