WISHBONE


Meaning of WISHBONE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈwish-ˌbōn ]

noun

Etymology: from the superstition that when two persons pull it apart the one getting the longer fragment will have a wish granted

Date: 1847

1. : a forked bone in front of the breastbone in a bird consisting chiefly of the two clavicles fused at their median or lower end

2. : a variation of the T formation in which the halfbacks line up farther from the line of scrimmage than the fullback does

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