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shackle-bone

shackle-bone noun: the wrist.

Noun

shackle-bone (plural shackle-bones)

  1. (Scotland, archaic) The wrist.

Forms of shackle-bone

pluralshackle-bones

Questions about shackle-bone

What does shackle-bone mean?
Shackle-bone means the wrist.
What part of speech is shackle-bone?
Shackle-bone is a noun.
What is the plural of shackle-bone?
The plural of shackle-bone is shackle-bones.

Words near shackle-bone in the dictionary

  1. shackle
  2. shackle bolt
  3. shackle bolts
  4. shackle joint
  5. shackle joints
  6. shackle-bone
  7. shackle-bones
  8. Shacklean
  9. shackled
  10. shackledom
  11. Shackleford

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