bag of bones
bag of bones noun: a skinny, malnourished person or animal.
Noun
bag of bones (plural bags of bones)
- A skinny, malnourished person or animal.
- Bradly came out from hiding with a dyspeptic grunt, too depressed by ignominy to send a curse after the old woman. That old bag of bones to bring down cataclysm on him! That old thing the nemesis of an inspired aspiration!1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 211
- Synonyms:
- rickle o' banes
bag of bones meaning in Tamil
bag of bones in Tamil
- எலும்புக்கூடு
Synonyms of bag of bones
Forms of bag of bones
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Questions about bag of bones
- What does bag of bones mean?
- Bag of bones means a skinny, malnourished person or animal.
- What is bag of bones in Tamil?
- Bag of bones in Tamil is எலும்புக்கூடு. See Bag of bones meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is bag of bones?
- Bag of bones is a noun.
- What is the plural of bag of bones?
- The plural of bag of bones is bags of bones.
Words near bag of bones in the dictionary
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