rawboned

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English

Etymology

From raw +‎ boned.

Pronunciation

Adjective

rawboned

  1. Of a person: bony and thin; having prominent bones; gaunt.
    • 1710 October 2 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Jonathan Swift, “ Letter IV.”, in Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, editors, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, , new edition, volume XIV, London: J Johnson,  Nichols, R Baldwin, Otridge and Son, J Sewell, F and C Rivington, T Payne, R Faulder, G and J Robinson, R Lea, J Nunn, W. Cuthell, T Egerton, Clarke and Son, Vernor and Hood, J Scatcherd, T Kay, Lackington Allen and Co., Carpenter and Co., Murray and Highley, Longman and Rees, Cadell Jun. and Davies, T. Bagster, J. Harding, and J Mawman.">…], published 1801, →OCLC, page 208:
      Deuce take lady S⁠⸺; and if I know D⁠⸺⁠y, he is a rawboned faced fellow, not handsome, nor visibly so young as you say: she sacrifices two thousand pounds a year, and keeps only six hundred.
    • 1863, J Sheridan Le Fanu, “Mr. Mervyn in His Inn”, in The House by the Church-yard.  In Three Volumes.">…], volume I, London: Tinsley, Brothers, , →OCLC, page 33:
      and that rancid, raw-boned parson, Gillespie—how the plague did they pick him up?—one of the mutes told Bob it was he.

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