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rickle of banes

rickle of banes 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 of banes

pluralrickles of banes

Questions about rickle of banes

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

Words near rickle of banes in the dictionary

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

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