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Definition of Barebones
1. barebone [n] - See also: barebone
Lexicographical Neighbors of Barebones
Literary usage of Barebones
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England by John Campbell Campbell (1847)
"But there the bill slept till the members of barebones' parliament, themselves
convinced of ... *For the Proceedings of barebones' Parliament, see 3 Parl. ..."
2. The Wit and Humor of America by Marshall Pinckney Wilder (1911)
"PRAISE-GOD barebones BY ELLEN MACKAY HUTCHINSON CORTISSOZ I and my cousin ...
—Sooth, Master Praise-God barebones stepped ..."
3. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S.: Secretary to the by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke (1855)
"That the late petition of the fanatique people presented by barebones,1 for the
imposing of an oath upon all sorts of people, was received by the House with ..."
4. Outing; Sport, Adventure, Travel, Fiction by Poultney Bigelow, James Henry Worman, Ben James Worman, Caspar Whitney, Albert Britt (1884)
"Old barebones. indeed ! At first I felt indignant and humiliated, ... From this
time, henceforth and forever, it shall be Praise-God barebones. ..."
5. The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar, to the Revolution by David Hume (1810)
"... and private life—barebones parliament— Cromwel made protector—Peace with
Holland—A new parliament—Insurrection of the royalists—State of Europe—War with ..."
6. The Lives of the Lords Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England by Baron John Campbell Campbell (1851)
"But there the bill slept till the members of barebones' parliament, themselves
convinced of their own insufficiency, . ^ J2 , voluntarily resigned their ..."
7. English History for Schools, B.C. 55-A.D. 1880 by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1881)
"The barebones Parliament.—Cromwell and the officers invited a number of men to
meet together to consider what was .to be done. This assembly, which was not ..."
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