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  • "The drum or the drummy is the single-boned portion of a wing that closely resembles a drumstick or a chicken leg, but is definitely not part of the leg," Roth says.

    timesunion.com: Local Breaking News 2009

  • You have been using drummy stuff generated for this show.

    Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway mrissa 2009

  • The walls backing the bookshelves were tapped, while Abe, who had an instinct for concealed doors, went over every inch of the dark paneling and knocked on the floorboards listening for a drummy one.

    TOO MANY MURDERS Colleen McCullough 2009

  • It's all drummy and swoony and Arabian-guitary, and she's singing in Persian, and it maketh the tingles run up and down the spine.

    Life, She Goes On yuki_onna 2006

  • A striped awning led from the curb up to a spreading gray stone house, from which issued the low drummy whine of expensive jazz.

    Tales of the Jazz Age 2003

  • A striped awning led from the curb up to a spreading gray stone house, from which issued the low drummy whine of expensive jazz.

    Tales of the Jazz Age 1922

  • A striped awning led from the curb up to a spreading gray stone house, from which issued the low drummy whine of expensive jazz.

    Tales of the Jazz Age 1918

  • First came a tolerably good band, a little too drummy, but still not amiss -- well dressed, only the performers being of all colours, from white, down to jet -- black, had a curious hodge -- podge, or piebald appearance.

    Tom Cringle's Log Michael Scott 1812

  • They upped the ante, too, with Cold Play's "Viva La Vida," done with plucky violin daring, of course, "Rasputin," and a very drummy swing standard that brought the house down.

    Times Record News Stories 2010

  • Hoping to get a better idea of what the Hat has to offer, we selected a couple appetizers to start us off, choosing the pork drummy ($11.25), described as being two ham hocks slow cooked until the meat falls off the bone, smothered in a tangy barbeque sauce and served with their house coleslaw.

    Vue Weekly 2009

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