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forequarter

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fore·quar·ter  (fôrkwôrtr, fr-)
n.
1. The front section of a side of meat.
2. The foreleg, shoulder, and adjacent lateral parts of an animal, especially a horse.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.forequarter - the front half of a side of meat
cut of meat, cut - a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass


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So through various yawning holes there slipped to the floor below--to one room hams, to another forequarters, to another sides of pork.
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Her eye was arrested by crossed scabbards of fretted wood upon the dull green wall, and whereever there was a high flat eminence, some fern waved from a pot of crinkled china, or a bronze horse reared so high that the stump of a tree had to sustain his forequarters.
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