haunch
Example Sentences
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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
Someone prepared the carcass; another person cut the left haunch; another was responsible for incisions along the shoulder.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 10, 2019
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
The children welcomed it, because the air was very cold now, and then came something even better: a haunch of something that might have been goat.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.