wishbone
pronunciation
How to pronounce wishbone in British English:
UK [ˈwɪʃbəʊn]
How to pronounce wishbone in American English:
US [ˈwɪʃboʊn]
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- Noun:
- the furcula of a domestic fowl
Word Origin
- wishbone (n.)
- also wish-bone, 1860, from wish (n.) + bone (n.); so called from the custom of making a wish while pulling the bone in two with another person. The wishbone breaking custom dates to the early 17c., when the bone was a merrythought.
Example
- 1. A psychic and a wishbone ?
- 2. Insert diagonal arm and fit it on the wishbone .
- 3. And this year I want to get the wishbone .
- 4. I checked with immigration . They never heard of johnny wishbone !
- 5. The latter could be the result of the line where the judge says stop being a cry baby and to develop a backbone instead of a wishbone .