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drumstick

[druhm-stik] / ˈdrʌmˌstɪk /


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Much like that final drumstick you probably shouldn’t have eaten, equities spent last week digesting their gains.

From Barron's Dec. 7, 2025

The researchers found that in birds, the tibial joint surfaces have curved arcs, and the shortened fibula is able to roll within the bird's drumstick for about its length relative to the tibia.

From Science Daily Nov. 20, 2024

Cut to a close-up of a happy wife biting into a drumstick.

From New York Times Nov. 29, 2023

After that, Hernandez said, he snatched a drumstick out of her hands.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2023

Lee cleared the table and gave each of the boys a clean drumstick.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

"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

A liter of milk costs 1,600 pesos, she said, and one small package of chicken drumsticks is 2,000.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 10, 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

Ruffin told me he’s been holding onto a pair of Ayers’ drumsticks for years.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 14, 2025

Ellie struck her drumsticks together to count us off.

From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez




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