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bags of bones

bags of bones is the plural of bag of bones.

Meaning of bag of bones

Noun

bag of bones (plural bags of bones)

  1. (idiomatic) 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

Questions about bags of bones

What is bags of bones the plural of?
Bags of bones is the plural of bag of bones.

Words near bags of bones in the dictionary

  1. bags below the eyes
  2. bags beneath one's eyes
  3. bags beneath the eyes
  4. bags for life
  5. bags of antlers
  6. bags of bones
  7. bags of dicks
  8. bags of fruit
  9. bags of mystery
  10. bags of nerves
  11. bags of rations

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