rawboned

English

Etymology

raw +‎ boned

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɹɔːboʊnd/

Adjective

rawboned

  1. (of a person) thin and bony; having prominent bones; gaunt
    • 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard
      […] and that rancid, raw-boned parson, Gillespie—how the plague did they pick him up?—one of the mutes told Bob 'twas he.

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