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Definition of Chicken wing
1. Noun. The wing of a chicken.
Definition of Chicken wing
1. Noun. A cooked wing of a chicken. ¹
2. Noun. A wing of a chicken cleaned and carved for use in cooking. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chicken Wing
Literary usage of Chicken wing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Falconry: Its Claims, History, and Practice by Gage Earle Freeman, Francis Henry Salvin (1859)
"But the truth came gradually, and it came out of f/ood—out of chicken's wing, or
some such delicacy. It came fast, however, at length—too fast. ..."
2. The Bird: Its Form and Function by William Beebe (1906)
"... fused with the three long bones leading to the base of our thumb, index and
middle fingers,* we will have an idea of the condition of our chicken's wing ..."
3. Seaside and Wayside by Julia McNair Wright (1901)
"If you strip all the meat off a chicken's wing-bones, you will see a kind of a
rude pattern of a man's arm and hand, with a thumb and two ringers. ..."
4. The Travels of Birds: Our Birds and Their Journeys to Strange Lands by Frank Michler Chapman (1916)
"Name the kinds of feathers attached to the wing and from which part each set
grow (a chicken's wing might be obtained for this purpose). ..."
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