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wishbone(dictionary)
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wishbone (iou)



wishbone noun. M19.
[from WISH noun + BONE noun, with ref. to the custom of two people pulling the furcula of a cooked fowl until it breaks, the person left holding the longer part being entitled to make a wish.]
A forked bone between the neck and breastbone of a bird, the furcula. M19.
An object, part, etc., shaped like the wishbone of a bird; spec. (a) Nautical a boom composed of two halves that curve outward from the mast on either side of the sail and in again, the clew of the sail between them being attached to the point where they meet aft; (b) a wishbone-shaped element in the independent suspension of a motor vehicle, having two arms which are hinged to the chassis at their ends and to the wheel at their join. Freq. attrib. M20.