crazy bones
crazy bones is the plural of crazy bone.
Meaning of crazy bone
Noun
crazy bone (plural crazy bones)
- The funny bone; the ulnar nerve in the elbow.
- I have seen a person in England, who had touched a torpedo; and he said the shock it gave him, was like striking that tender part of the elbow, which we call the crazy bone, very hard indeed;1830, Mrs. John Farrar, The Children's Robinson Crusoe, page 318
Questions about crazy bones
- What is crazy bones the plural of?
- Crazy bones is the plural of crazy bone.
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