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rickle of bones

rickle of 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 of bones

pluralrickles of bones

Questions about rickle of bones

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

Words near rickle of bones in the dictionary

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

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