cramp bone
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Noun[edit]
cramp bone (plural cramp bones)
- The patella of a sheep, formerly used as a charm against cramp.
- 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, chapter 17, in The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC:
- He could turn crampbones into chessmen.