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light meat

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noun

  1. white meat.


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My particular cutlet shaded beautifully from light meat on one side to darker on the other.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2022

If you want to freeze dark and light meat separately, now would be the time to sort it.

From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2021

On my October visit I picked up a box of mixed pieces, light meat and dark, from the Tri-Star and drove north from Kilmarnock to Montross, returning to Stratford Hall for another look around.

From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2012

Like chickens, their muscles are primarily light meat, which is made of muscle fibers that are well-suited for short-term bursts of speed and power.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2012

Fish was light meat and he was sick of them.

From "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen

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