What does merry thought mean?
Merry thought means (archaic) The wishbone or furcula..
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/ˈmɛɹɪθɔːt/ · noun
(archaic) The wishbone or furcula..
One puts yᵉ merrithought on his nose (slightly) like a paire of spectacles, and shakes his head till he shakes it off his nose.
All Birds want the Channel-bones in the Breast, instead whereof they have a bone, which we call the Merry thought.
Mrs. Knipp. (picking up from Ming's plate the merrythought on which her eye has just fallen, and holding it up). A merrythought. Who will pull this merrythought with me ? Nay (as they all lean forward), 'tis an affair of two not four. (They draw back simultaneously, eying each other sheepishly when Mrs. KNIPP laughs at their confusion).
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Merry thought means (archaic) The wishbone or furcula..
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One puts yᵉ merrithought on his nose (slightly) like a paire of spectacles, and shakes his head till he shakes it off his nose.
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