MARROWBONE
marrowbone
(noun) a bone containing edible marrow; used especially in flavoring soup
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
marrowbone (plural marrowbones)
A bone containing edible marrow. [from 14th c.]
(jocular, chiefly, in the plural) The shins or knees, chiefly in references to kneeling. [from 16th c.]
Anagrams
• bone marrow, bone-marrow, bonemarrow
Source: Wiktionary
Mar"row*bone`, n.
Definition: A bone containing marrow; pl. ludicrously, knee bones or knees; as, to get down on one's marrowbones, i. e., to kneel.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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