Talk:bone-idle

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Latest comment: 14 years ago by Nbarth in topic Etymology
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Etymology[edit]

Latest comment: 14 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The phrase suggests "pile of bones (i.e., dead)" to me, but this does not appear to be how it originated. Are there any suggestions that this is an interpretation or influenced the development, or is this spurious?

—Nils von Barth (nbarth) (talk) 01:08, 26 December 2009 (UTC)Reply
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