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marrowbone

noun

Etymology

From marrow + bone.

  1. derived from *bʰeyh₂-✻ — “to hit, strike, beat”
  2. inherited from *bainą✻ — “bone”
  3. inherited from bān — “bone, tusk; the bone of a limb”
  4. inherited from bon
  5. compounded as marrowbone — “marrow + bone”

Definitions

  1. A bone containing edible marrow.

  2. The shins or knees, chiefly in references to kneeling.

    • So the news of the split between the old and the young one caused plenty of conversation, you may be sure; and will Mr. Robert go down on his marrowbones? and what has he done? was all the question.
    • They would all to a man have gone down on their marrowbones to him.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA