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rawbone

rawbone is the alternative form of rawboned.

Meaning of rawboned

Adjective

rawboned

  1. Of a person: bony and thin; having prominent bones; gaunt.
    • Deuce take lady S⁠⸺; and if I know D⁠⸺⁠y, he is a rawboned faced fellow, not handsome, nor visibly so young as you say: she sacrifices two thousand pounds a year, and keeps only six hundred.1710 October 1 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Jonathan Swift, “[Dr. Swift’s Journal to Stella.] Letter IV.”, in Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, editors, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, […]...

Forms of rawbone

comparativemore rawbone
superlativemost rawbone

Questions about rawbone

What is rawbone the alternative form of?
Rawbone is the alternative form of rawboned.

Words near rawbone in the dictionary

  1. rawap
  2. rawaps
  3. rawaru
  4. Rawat
  5. Rawats
  6. rawbone
  7. rawboned
  8. rawbones
  9. Rawcliffe
  10. rawdog
  11. rawdogged

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