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

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.

From The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier by Various

Adj. requesting &c. v.; precatory†; suppliant, supplicant, supplicatory; postulant; obsecratory†. importunate, clamorous, urgent; cap in hand; on one's knees, on one's bended knees, on one's marrowbones.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

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?

From Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love by John Dryden

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