T-bone
a T-bone steak, a choice piece of beef with a conspicuous T-shaped bone.
Informal to crash into the side of (a motor vehicle): The driver of the SUV drove through a red light and T-boned a city bus.
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How to use T-bone in a sentence
It was The Punch Brothers, Oscar, T-bone, Justin—everyone who worked on the soundtrack.
Carey Mulligan, Star of ‘Inside Llewyn Davis,’ on the Coen Brothers, ‘N Sync Fandom, Lorde, and More | Marlow Stern | December 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST“My thing was: Just learn to play like B.B. and T-bone,” Guy told me.
Earlier today, Tester and his wife, Sharla, drove from Great Falls, Mont., to their home, T-bone Farms, 80 miles northeast.
And Joan Van Ark, Peter Fonda, as well as clients like T-bone Burnett and the superstar songwriter Diane Warren.
Hollywood Says Goodbye to Murdered Publicist | Christine Pelisek, Jacob Bernstein | November 22, 2010 | THE DAILY BEASTThey ate at T-bone Tommy's, consuming a vast quantity of red meat with but a minor accompaniment of vegetables.
The Wrong Twin | Harry Leon Wilson
We've got a date for dinner—T-bone steak, two inches thick, with mushrooms.
Out Like a Light | Gordon Randall GarrettA big T-bone, and some lyonnaise potatoes, and some string beans and corn and a salad and ice cream.
Gladiator | Philip WylieThe little restaurant—Denver fashion, it made specialities of "short orders," cream waffles and T-bone steaks—was almost deserted.
The Personality of American Cities | Edward HungerfordNot enough to buy a single Belgian a T-bone steak and fried potatoes.
Somewhere in Red Gap | Harry Leon Wilson
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