wishbone
n.
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.
| 词汇 | wishbone |
| 词根词缀 | Online Etymology Dictionary wishbone n. 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. |
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