cramp bone

noun

The patella of a sheep, formerly used as a charm against cramp.

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nouncramp bone (plural cramp bones)

plural cramp bones

  1. The patella of a sheep, formerly used as a charm against cramp.

    He could turn crampbones into chessmen.

    1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, chapter 17, in The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC
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