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Definition of Merrythought
1. n. The forked bone of a fowl's breast; -- called also wishbone. See Furculum.
Definition of Merrythought
1. Noun. The furcula or wishbone. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Merrythought
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Merrythought
Literary usage of Merrythought
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chief Elizabethan Dramatists, Excluding Shakespeare by William Allan Neilson (1911)
"You will not have us starve here, will you, Master merrythought ? ... Good Master
merrythought, Mfr. Woman, 1 take you to my love again ; but you »hull sing ..."
2. The Cook's Own Book and Housekeeper's Register: Being Receipts for Cooking ...by N. K. M. Lee, Mrs N K M Lee by N. K. M. Lee, Mrs N K M Lee (1842)
"It is rarely necessary to cut up the whole of the goose, unless the company is
large, but the merrythought may be taken off: there are two side bones by the ..."
3. Howitt's Journal by William Howitt, Mary Botham Howitt (1847)
"It's so good of you, Mrs. merrythought," he said ; ' but you women are always so
considerate. I don't know what we men should do without you. ..."
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