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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of debone.

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Examples

  • The chef debones a small chicken, then he does the same thing with a slightly larger duck-he shoves the chicken into the duck then he puts the chicken/duck into the turkey cavity.

    Will you be having turkey on Thursday? « Dating Jesus 2009

  • To make it more diner-friendly, the chef debones and wraps the chicken breast over the leg so that the entire bird resembles two large drumsticks.

    Roasted pigeon au sang, polenta churros, spiced wine sauce Amy Ma 2010

  • While he has a trained butcher on staff, Mr. Watt debones lamb legs and poultry and is currently studying at the Cordon Bleu to improve his skills.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed SARAH ELTON 2011

  • While he has a trained butcher on staff, Mr. Watt debones lamb legs and poultry and is currently studying at the Cordon Bleu to improve his skills.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed SARAH ELTON 2011

  • The film follows Julie as she wades through the cookbook, has various meltdowns, turns on her accommodating husband, who tastefully holds her hand while she debones the duck and pops wriggling lobsters into boiling water.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2009

  • She debones her chickens and cooks her own chicken, beef and vegetable stocks.

    The Examiner Home RSS 2009

  • That’s a guy that kidnaps women and takes them out to sea to be his fishwife, then bones them, then debones them,then discards their remains to wash up on the beach.

    GUIDO BEACH: STALKER EDITION 2008

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