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English
Etymology
raw + boned
Pronunciation
Adjective
rawboned
- (of a person) thin and bony; having prominent bones; gaunt
1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:[…] and that rancid, raw-boned parson, Gillespie—how the plague did they pick him up?—one of the mutes told Bob 'twas he.
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