merrythought

noun

1. (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).”