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drum⋅stick

[druhm-stik]
–noun
1. a stick for beating a drum.
2. the meaty leg of a chicken, duck, turkey, or other fowl.

Origin:
1580–90; drum 1 + stick 1
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drum·stick   (drŭm'stĭk')   
n.  
  1. Music A stick for beating a drum.

  2. The lower part of the leg of a cooked fowl.

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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: drum·stick
Pronunciation: -"stik
Function: noun
: a small projection from the cell nucleus that occurs in a small percentage of thepolymorphonuclear leukocytes in the normal human female
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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