crazy bone
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of crazy bone
An Americanism dating back to 1850–55
Example Sentences
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Worse than this; every four or five minutes an agony as miserably comic as a crashing blow on one's crazy bone went jarring and shuddering through his whole abnormally vibrant system.
From Molly Make-Believe by Tittle, Walter
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