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crazy bone

American  

noun

Chiefly Northern, Midland, and Western U.S.

  1. funny bone.

crazy bone British  

noun

  1. a US name for funny bone

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of crazy bone

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55

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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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