Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The small fleshy part of a chicken wing, often fried and served as an appetizer.
Wiktionary
- n. US The first segment (meatier part) of a chicken wing, closest to the body.
Etymologies
- drum + -ette (Wiktionary)
- drum(stick) + -ette. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The drumette is the meatiest part of the wing and looks a little like a miniature drumstick.”
“I am thinking of making this for a holiday party but using the drumette and flat parts of the wing.”
“Chickens have two wings the "drumette" and the "flat", and three joints.”
“Wings often are cut up and divided among the drumette, the flat and the wing tip.”
“Using a sharp knife, slice around knuckle of each drumette to loosen skin and meat from bone.”
“Using a sharp knife or poultry shears, separate the wings down the middle, slicing the drumette from the double bone piece-don't worry at all about getting the separation point exact.”
“Using a sharp knife or poultry shears, separate the wings down the middle, slicing the drumette from the double bone piece-don't worry about getting the separation point exact.”
“Each wing has three segments: the drumette or mini-drumstick; the flat, which is the middle part with two bones; and the flapper, the tip that isn't eaten.”
“Anyway, what I got was 2 tenders, a wing, a drumette, and a thigh and fries all freshly fried (obviously they're better at dishing the food than counting it).”
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