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Definition of Bareboned
1. Adjective. (context: of a person) slim; not fleshy; very lean; emaciated ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bareboned
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bareboned
Literary usage of Bareboned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1844)
"On one occasion, however, in the neighbourhood of his own residence on Hamp-
stead Heath, where a ruffianly driver was pummelling a miserable bareboned pack ..."
2. The Public and Private Life of Lord Chancellor Eldon: With Selections from by Horace Twiss (1844)
"On one occasion, however, in the neighbourhood of his own residence on Hampstead
Heath, where a ruffianly driver was pummelling a miserable bareboned ..."
3. The Toilers of the Field by Richard Jefferies (1907)
"A great black pot with open lid swung over it, from which rose a slight steam
and a bubbling noise; and this huge, gaunt, bareboned, hungry man, ..."
4. Droog Design: spirit of the nineties by Renny Ramakers, Gijs Bakker (1998)
"... of Miuccia Prada and Tom Ford, the two who, with bareboned yet sophisticated
simplicity took garments one step beyond the previous Japanese avant-garde. ..."
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