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rickle o' banes

rickle o' banes noun: an emaciated person or animal.

Noun

rickle o' banes (plural rickles o' banes)

  1. (Scotland, idiomatic) An emaciated person or animal.
    • To behold him, mounted on his old shelty, was truly a laughable scene, the animal being always so lean — a perfect "rickle o' banes," […]1876, John Mactaggart, The Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia, Hamilton, Adams and Co, page 46
    Synonyms:
    bag of bones

Synonyms of rickle o' banes

Forms of rickle o' banes

pluralrickles o' banes
alternative formrickle of banes
alternative formrickle o' bones
alternative formrickle of bones

Questions about rickle o' banes

What does rickle o' banes mean?
Rickle o' banes means an emaciated person or animal.
What part of speech is rickle o' banes?
Rickle o' banes is a noun.
What is the plural of rickle o' banes?
The plural of rickle o' banes is rickles o' banes.

Words near rickle o' banes in the dictionary

  1. Ricki
  2. Rickie
  3. ricking
  4. Rickinson
  5. rickle
  6. rickle o' banes
  7. rickle o' bones
  8. rickle of banes
  9. rickle of bones
  10. Ricklefs
  11. Ricklefses

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