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bones to pick

bones to pick is the plural of bone to pick.

Meaning of bone to pick

Noun

bone to pick (plural bones to pick)

  1. (idiomatic, informal, usually) A disagreeable matter to settle with somebody.
    • "I say, Winthrop," he cried, "I've got a bone to pick with you. You've been hitting me pretty hard in that rag of yours. Do you know what a public man down in the Gulf States does with an editor who attacks him?"1903, Joseph A. Altsheler, chapter 1, in Before the Dawn

Questions about bones to pick

What is bones to pick the plural of?
Bones to pick is the plural of bone to pick.

Words near bones to pick in the dictionary

  1. bones
  2. bones down
  3. bones in the throat
  4. bones of contention
  5. bones out
  6. bones to pick
  7. bones up
  8. boneseed
  9. boneseeds
  10. boneseeker
  11. boneseekers

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