turkey drumstick
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- noun
- /ˈtɜrki ˈdrʌmˌstɪk/
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muslo de pavo
- During the feast, everyone eagerly reached for the turkey drumstick that was perfectly roasted and golden brown.
Examples
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She picked up her knife and fork and began to saw at her turkey drumstick.
Fiction book (1991) -
At the fair, you can find vendors selling delicious fried turkey drumsticks that are popular among the crowd.
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Americans will eat more turkey breasts and turkey drumsticks on Thursday than on any other day of the year.
Blog text (1) -
We get one of those giant turkey drumsticks.Oh, the giant drumstick.
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For dinner, she served a hearty meal that included a succulent turkey drumstick alongside mashed potatoes and gravy.
Synonyms
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The lower leg of a cooked bird like chicken that people eat
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The lower part of a turkey that people cook and eat
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the lower part of a turkey's leg' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'turkey' (the bird) with 'drumstick' (the lower leg portion of poultry). This literal noun-noun composition follows common cross-linguistic naming patterns for cuts of meat and would be predictable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Turkey drumstick names the lower part of a turkey's leg that people eat. People called it a drumstick because the leg looks like the stick used to hit a drum, so the name now means the cooked leg you eat.