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Definition of Skin and bones
1. Noun. A person who is unusually thin and scrawny.
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul
Specialized synonyms: Spindlelegs, Spindleshanks
Derivative terms: Scraggy
Antonyms: Fat Person
Definition of Skin and bones
1. Noun. (idiomatic of a person or animal) Emaciated; very thin, as from lack of nutrition. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skin And Bones
Literary usage of Skin and bones
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Camp-fires of a Naturalist: The Story of Fourteen Expeditions After North by Clarence Edgar Edwords (1893)
"The First Big-Horn—How his Skin and Bones were Prepared —Habits of the Rocky
Mountain Sheep. (YOKE'S disappointment did not prevent •an early start next ..."
2. Text-book of Homeopathic Materia Medica by George Royal (1920)
"skin and bones presenting a grayish base and having an offensive discharge;
abscesses or boils coming in succession; copper- colored spots on the skin. ..."
3. European and American Cuisine by Mrs. Gesine Knubel Lemcke, Gesine Lemcke (1914)
"Remove the skin and bones from 2 small pikes, cut the meat iuto 6 or 8 ...
Clean and wash a medium sized fish, remove skin and bones, cut the meat into Iy ..."
4. Nests and Eggs of North American Birds by Oliver Davie (1900)
"While It is of great importance to make this cut in order to take out all the
flesh and poison the skin and bones thoroughly to the end of the wing, ..."
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