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Source of a lucky break?
Answer for the clue "Source of a lucky break? ", 8 letters:
wishbone
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Word definitions for wishbone in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the furcula of a domestic fowl [syn: wishing bone ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A forked bone between the neck and breast of a bird consisting chiefly of the two clavicles fused at their median or lower end, regarded as a lucky charm in some countries. 2 (context nautical English) A spar in two parts, between which a sail is hoisted, ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also wish-bone , 1860, from wish (n.) + bone (n.); so called from the custom of making a wish while pulling the bone in two with another person. The wishbone breaking custom dates to the early 17c., when the bone was a merrythought .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Merrythought \Mer"ry*thought`\, n. The forked bone of a fowl's breast; -- called also wishbone . See Furculum . Note: It is a sportive custom for two persons to break this bone by pulling the ends apart to see who will get the longer piece, the securing ...
Usage examples of wishbone.
When they saw the kid in the banquet hall they veered to his table and congratulated him again, each giving him the wishbone pinky handclasp of their growing conspiracy.
A little flare of light within the Y-wing formation had to be one of the wishbones intercepting a turbolaser blast, with fatal results.
I wished on falling stars, on wishbones, I tossed pennies into any pool of water I could find.