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nounrickle o' banes (plural rickles o' banes)
plural rickles o' banes · alternative rickle of banes · alternative rickle o' bones · alternative rickle of bones
- ScotlandidiomaticAn emaciated person or animal.
To behold him, mounted on his old shelty, was truly a laughable scene, the animal being always so lean — a perfect "rickle o' banes," […]
1876, John Mactaggart, The Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia, Hamilton, Adams and Co, page 46Synonyms: bag of bones
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nounAn emaciated person or animal.
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