marrowbones

British  

/ ˈmærəʊˌbəʊnz /

plural noun

1. facetious the knees

2. a rare word for crossbones See skull and crossbones

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marrowbones

Elsewhere in offal, the new, well-hidden Simbal, also in Little Tokyo, serves its marrowbones with the Chinese crullers called you tiao, and Amy Scattergood is there.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2015

There he sat cracking marrowbones, neat, tough, durable, his sleek furlike hair shedding the water like a bird’s feathers: he dripped a little onto his shoulders, like house-eaves dripping, and never noticed it.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

The flesh was then cut up small for the pack, the marrowbones reserved for "master," and the soup was then boiled until it had evaporated to the quantity required.

From Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon by Sir Samuel White Baker

Mr Briggs, who now regarded him as a defeated man, said exultingly to Mr Hobson, "what do stand here for?—hay?—fall o' your marrowbones; don't see 'Squire High and Mighty?"

From Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 3 by Fanny Burney

But, first, down on your marrowbones, upon your allegiance, and make an acknowledgement of your offences; for I will have ample satisfaction.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 by Sir Walter Scott