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rawboned

/ɹɔːboʊnd/

rawboned adjective: of a person: bony and thin; having prominent bones; gaunt.

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, […]...
    • […] and that rancid, raw-boned parson, Gillespie—how the plague did they pick him up?—one of the mutes told Bob it was he.1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “Mr. Mervyn in His Inn”, in The House by the Church-yard. […], volume I, London: Tinsley, Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 33

rawboned meaning in Tamil

rawboned in Tamil

தசைப்பிடிப்பில்லாத

Origin of rawboned

From raw + boned.

Questions about rawboned

What does rawboned mean?
Rawboned means of a person: bony and thin; having prominent bones; gaunt.
What is rawboned in Tamil?
Rawboned in Tamil is தசைப்பிடிப்பில்லாத. See Rawboned meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is rawboned?
Rawboned is an adjective.
How do you pronounce rawboned?
Rawboned is pronounced /ɹɔːboʊnd/.

Words near rawboned in the dictionary

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

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