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marrowbones
/ ˈæəʊˌəʊԳ /
Example Sentences
There he sat cracking marrowbones, neat, tough, durable, his sleek furlike hair shedding the water like a bird’s feathers: he dripped a little onto his shoulders, like house-eaves dripping, and never noticed it.
This was a rogue that would cozen us both; he thought I did not know him: Down on your marrowbones, and confess the truth: Have you no tongue, you rascal?
O, madam, down upon your knees, your marrowbones——he's one of them.
It was getting on for sunset, and still early enough to secure a few marrowbones from these emigrants: hence Tiger, John, and Clifton hurried off, Antonio following them on Jack.
Get busy now, and down on your marrowbones, both of you!”
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