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bone in one's body

bone in one's body noun: the slightest shred of some personal characteristic (specified with a preceding adjective).

Noun

bone in one's body

  1. The slightest shred of some personal characteristic (specified with a preceding adjective).
    • One might think, reading through his works, that the man did not have a sympathetic bone in his body.2006, Robert C. Solomon, Living with Nietzsche, page 95
    • The dwelling would have easily had rooms to spare for a couple of weary travelers, but the caretaker was an exceedingly cautious man without a compassionate bone in his body.2012, Peter Devine, True to the Code: Stories of the American Character

Questions about bone in one's body

What does bone in one's body mean?
Bone in one's body means the slightest shred of some personal characteristic (specified with a preceding adjective).
What part of speech is bone in one's body?
Bone in one's body is a noun.

Words near bone in one's body in the dictionary

  1. bone head
  2. bone heads
  3. bone hurting juice
  4. bone idle
  5. bone in her teeth
  6. bone in one's body
  7. bone in the throat
  8. bone lace
  9. bone laces
  10. bone loss
  11. bone marrow

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