merrythought
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈmɛɹɪθɔːt/
merrythought (plural merrythoughts)
- (archaic) The furcula or wishbone.
- 1688, Randle Holme, The Academy of Armory, Chester, Book 2, Chapter 13, p. 307,
- All Birds want the Channel-bones in the Breast, instead whereof they have a bone, which we call the Merry thought.
- 1688, Randle Holme, The Academy of Armory, Chester, Book 2, Chapter 13, p. 307,
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