rawboned

[ raw-bohnd ]

/ ˈrɔˈboʊnd /

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adjective

having little flesh, especially on a large-boned frame; gaunt.

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Origin of rawboned

First recorded in 1585–95; raw + boned

Words nearby rawboned

ravishment, raw, Rawalpindi, rawaru, raw bar, rawboned, raw deal, raw fibers, rawhide, rawhide hammer, rawin

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How to use rawboned in a sentence

For Bob, Mr. Gordon succeeded in capturing a big, rawboned white horse with a gift of astonishing speed.
Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil|Alice B. Emerson
Monsieur le capitaine was a great, rawboned corporal, with a pretty little maid-servant on his arm.
In the Days of My Youth|Amelia Ann Blandford Edwards
Several others were rawboned and sallow, as if they had been beaten upon by all sorts of rough weather.
Sister Carrie|Theodore Dreiser
From the outskirts of the crowd a rawboned giant forced his way inward.
The Clarion|Samuel Hopkins Adams

Bald, old and horribly skinny was the third horseman bouncing up and down on the rawboned back of his black steed.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse|Vicente Blasco Ibanez

British Dictionary definitions for rawboned

rawboned

/ (ˈrɔːˈbəʊnd) /

adjective

having a lean bony physique

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rawboned

Origin of rawboned

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