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pizza bone

pizza bone noun: the thick, generally curved, crust end of a slice of pizza.

Noun

pizza bone (plural pizza bones)

  1. (US, humorous) The thick, generally curved, crust end of a slice of pizza.
    • But the crust (or "pizza bone" as we refer to it at my house)IS the best part of a slice of pizza!1998 July 29, Laurie , “Re: Raising children who eat everything”, in misc.kids (Usenet)
    • If the dough is elastic, rolling into balls and forming into "crusts" would probably yield better results. Besides, then you can regulate the crust's edge (aka the "pizza bone").1999 January 26, Jerry Roush , “Re: Another pizza question”, in rec.food.baking (Usenet)

Examples of pizza bone in a sentence

  • The big dogs were outside, so I gave Scully a whole pizza bone (the outer crust edge) to have all to herself.2000 September 14, Kathleen , “Re: RR: Gotham”, in alt.mountain-bike (Usenet):
  • We had pizza earlier nad^([sic]) after I ate a piece I caught myself about to call her name and offer my "pizza bone" to her.2000 September 30, felica@my-deja.com, “Re: I miss my friend”, in alt.support.grief.pet-loss (Usenet):
  • And now and then a pizza bone (edge of the crust for those of you who weren't educated by my kid sister).2002 June 14, Jo Wolf , “Re: Dog food?”, in rec.pets.dogs.health (Usenet):
  • "Well, I bet our dog would like a pizza bone." With that he grabbed one of the crusts from Scully's plate.2002 August 5, nosmeagel@aol.com, “A Normal Life? (Part 6 of ?)”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

Forms of pizza bone

pluralpizza bones

Questions about pizza bone

What does pizza bone mean?
Pizza bone means the thick, generally curved, crust end of a slice of pizza.
How do you use pizza bone in a sentence?
The big dogs were outside, so I gave Scully a whole pizza bone (the outer crust edge) to have all to herself.
What part of speech is pizza bone?
Pizza bone is a noun.
What is the plural of pizza bone?
The plural of pizza bone is pizza bones.

Words near pizza bone in the dictionary

  1. pizza bite
  2. pizza bites
  3. pizza bomb
  4. pizza bombed
  5. pizza bombs
  6. pizza bone
  7. pizza bones
  8. pizza box
  9. pizza boxes
  10. pizza boy
  11. pizza boys

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