Merrythought
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈmɛɹɪθɔːt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Merrythought is a noun meaning (archaic) The wishbone or furcula.
Meaning
(archaic) The wishbone or furcula.
Example Sentences
All Birds want the Channel-bones in the Breast, instead whereof they have a bone, which we call the Merry thought.
One puts yᵉ merrithought on his nose (slightly) like a paire of spectacles, and shakes his head till he shakes it off his nose.
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).
Word Forms
- merrythoughts
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include wishbone, fattrels, furbelow, aplustre, ferula, lemniscus.
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