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rickle o' bones

rickle o' bones is the alternative form of rickle o' banes.

Meaning of rickle o' banes

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

Forms of rickle o' bones

pluralrickles o' bones

Questions about rickle o' bones

What is rickle o' bones the alternative form of?
Rickle o' bones is the alternative form of rickle o' banes.

Words near rickle o' bones in the dictionary

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

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