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haunch

[hawnch, hahnch] / hɔntʃ, hɑntʃ /


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It’s unlikely that anyone was looking at a gray wolf tearing a chunk from a bison haunch and saying “That’d make a great dog.”

From Slate Feb. 17, 2021

She weeps when a swan walks out of a river and sits down beside her, haunch to haunch, like a large, companionable dog.

From New York Times Aug. 18, 2020

A spiral-sliced haunch of ham sheathed with fresh yellow rings is a staple of my Christmas dinner.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 9, 2019

It was bouncing around a little, but I was able to give it a shot in the haunch muscle.”

From Washington Times Oct. 21, 2018

I stumble forward and bounce off a horse’s passing haunch.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen




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