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rawboned

[ raw-bohnd ]

adjective

  1. having little flesh, especially on a large-boned frame; gaunt.


rawboned

/ ˈɔːˈəʊԻ /

adjective

  1. having a lean bony physique
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Origin of rawboned1

First recorded in 1585–95; raw + boned
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“This boy is wiry, strong, rawboned. Has good features — good voice, poise; looks like a ballplayer,” Davis wrote, before detailing Schmidt’s skills.

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As a curious and rawboned kid, I’d sometimes roam the ravaged sandpit behind the factory.

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One January, every time I took the J6 bus from Silver Spring Metro to my class on upper Connecticut Avenue, a tall, rawboned young man would board, wearing shorts and a T-shirt.

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Hulking, rawboned and bespectacled, Mr. Ruckelshaus shepherded several federal environmental entities into a robust regulatory agency and did as much as anyone to mold the EPA’s mission.

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She follows me mutely out behind the stables, where Vivi is waiting, along with two rawboned ponies with green eyes and lacy manes.

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