pully-bonen.
/ˈpʊlɪ ˌbəʊn/, U.S. /ˈpʊli ˌboʊn/ U.S. regional (southern and south Midland).
= wishbone n. 1 Cf. pulling bone n. at pulling n. Compounds 2.
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the world > animals > birds > bones > [noun] > furcula or wishbone
froshell1486
merrythought1598
craw-bone1611
skipjack1805
furculum1833
fourchette1854
furcula1859
wishbone1860
pulling bone1877
pully-bone1897
skip-bone1901
pull-bonea1903
the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > fowls > [noun] > cuts or parts of fowl
wingc1470
soul?a1475
giblet1546
merrythought1598
sideman1632
sidesman1642
drumstick1646
pinion1655
side bone1712
chicken liver1733
pope's nose1788
liver wing1796
apron1807
parson's nose1836
stumps1845
oyster1855
supreme1856
wishbone1860
pulling bone1877
carcass1883
pully-bone1897
pull-bonea1903
chicken breast1941
chicken tender1955
the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] > magical object > for making wish > wishbone
merrythought1598
wishbone1860
pulling bone1877
pully-bone1897
pull-bonea1903
1897 O. P. Read Old Ebenezer xxxi. 319 Well, if it ain't the thighs and the pully-bone of a fried chicken.
1906 Dial. Notes 3 152 Pully-bone, wishbone.
1939 B. K. Harris Purslane 148 The girls scrambled over the pulley-bone of the turkey.
1947 M. Henry Misty of Chincoteague xvi. 152 Somethin' told me to save the pully bone from that marsh hen.
1985 B. Neal Southern Cooking (1989) viii. 121 Then, and always, cut the bird into nine pieces, that is, with a wishbone—southerners call it the ‘pulley-bone’.
2000 G. B. Holmes Time to Reconcile viii. 61 I forgot my distaste of the slaughtering..once Mother fried drumsticks, pulley-bone, and breasts to a crisp golden brown.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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