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spadebones

spadebones is the plural of spadebone.

Meaning of spadebone

Noun

spadebone (plural spadebones)

  1. (UK, obsolete) shoulder blade
    • a spadebone of a shoulder of mutton1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)

Questions about spadebones

What is spadebones the plural of?
Spadebones is the plural of spadebone.

Words near spadebones in the dictionary

  1. spadeable
  2. spadeas
  3. spadebill
  4. spadebills
  5. spadebone
  6. spadebones
  7. spaded
  8. spadefeet
  9. spadefish
  10. spadefishes
  11. spadefoot

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