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bag of bones |
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bag of bones an extremely skinny person or animal with bones showing. (The skin is the figurative bag.) I've lost so much weight that I'm just turning into a bag of bones. Get that old bag of bones off the racetrack! How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Before him was a very ancient man, a mere bag of bones, with sightless eyes, and one hand-- his left--white and shrivelled. Was he good eating, or only a bag of bones when he slipped and fell from the tree? Never in all my life have I seen such wondrous swordsmanship and such uncanny agility as that ancient bag of bones displayed. |
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