drumstick

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I bought whatever he had on the counter and it cost me nearly RM60 as each drumstick cost about RM6 each and since the drumstick is all piled up, I underestimated the quantity.

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  1. noun Music A stick for beating a drum.
  2. noun The lower part of the leg of a cooked fowl.

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  • Also Wolfe offered me a wing and a drumstick, and it would have boeen unsociable to refuse. —  The Black Mountain
  • I bought whatever he had on the counter and it cost me nearly RM60 as each drumstick cost about RM6 each and since the drumstick is all piled up, I underestimated the quantity. —  Hijack Queen
  • When I hear the term "drumstick," I visualize precisely that-a stick that is used to strike a drum (unless, of course, I'm hungry, in which case I go another direction altogether). —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • The basic drumstick, which is usually about 0.5 inches in diameter and 16 inches long, is recognizable to almost everyone. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • While the tip of a drumstick is traditionally made of the same material as the shoulder, shaft and butt, snare drumsticks sometimes have nylon tips, which prevent fast wearing and produce a brighter sound on cymbals. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
 

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/ˈdrəmstɪk/
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