boniest
- superlative of bony.
Example Sentences
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Any savvy politician knows to grab the boniest chunk of raccoon on the table since it will make for the best photo and have the least amount of meat.
From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2014
“The longest, boniest thing the nurses had ever seen.”
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
He was highly pleased, for decidedly the boniest and most scraggy of the fowls had been selected, and nothing could be more delicious than this stew.
From A Very Naughty Girl by Meade, L. T.
She came here accompanied by a Mrs. Brian, a relative of hers, who is the dryest, boniest person you can imagine, but at the same time the slyest woman I have ever seen.
From The Clique of Gold by Gaboriau, Émile
Pride of profession is one of the boniest bones in existence, if not the boniest.
From What Is Man? and Other Essays by Twain, Mark
