marrowbones
Britishplural noun
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facetious the knees
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a rare word for crossbones See skull and crossbones
Example Sentences
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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 Literature
This was a rogue that would cozen us both; he thought I did not know him: Down on your marrowbones, and confess the truth: Have you no tongue, you rascal?
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O, madam, down upon your knees, your marrowbones——he's one of them.
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It was getting on for sunset, and still early enough to secure a few marrowbones from these emigrants: hence Tiger, John, and Clifton hurried off, Antonio following them on Jack.
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Get busy now, and down on your marrowbones, both of you!”
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