NAMING OF PLUCK

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fishy
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NAMING OF PLUCK

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Hi, can anyone tell me where the name 'pluck' came from? Can only find one thing that these body parts were plucked from body ... :D
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I Googled the word and found out so many things that I never knew. :oops:
I will also be careful next time I go to the butcher and ask for a pluck ! :cheesy:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.p ... uck&page=1

then I found this site that mentions it specifically as a noun but not how the word originated

http://www.wordnik.com/words/pluck
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oh yeah!!! youhave to say the word VERY CAREFULLY - especially if there are other customers! and especially if they are elderly women who are hard of hearing :)
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fishy wrote:Hi, can anyone tell me where the name 'pluck' came from? Can only find one thing that these body parts were plucked from body ... :D
That is actually it.

The pluck is the name given to the group of organs that are plucked from the thorax by the trachea. It's not any more involved that that.
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