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Drumstick

Noun CEFR B2
ˈdɹʌmˌstɪk

Definitions

  1. A stick used to play drums.
  2. The second joint of the legbone of a chicken or other fowl, especially as an item of food.
  3. The moringa or drumstick tree, Moringa oleifera, especially its slender, cylindrical pods.
    Myanmar, South-Asia
  4. A person's leg.
    in-plural, slang

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Examples

“She could imagine⟳ the taste⟳ of the tender drumstick seeds on her tongue.”
“At a given signal, from the boss of the hack, who stands door in hand, the young lady gathers her clothes well up her drumsticks, and would you believe⟳, two steps or springs only, like⟳ those of a kangaroo, take⟳ her into the house.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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