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Definition of Marrowbone
1. Noun. A bone containing edible marrow; used especially in flavoring soup.
Definition of Marrowbone
1. n. A bone containing marrow; pl. ludicrously, knee bones or knees; as, to get down on one's marrowbones, i. e., to kneel.
Definition of Marrowbone
1. Noun. A bone containing edible marrow. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Marrowbone
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Marrowbone
Literary usage of Marrowbone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by Kentucky Geological Survey (1905)
"The marrowbone Creek, Flat Woods Region. The coal-beds of this district have been
prospected in so systematic a manner that for the more prominent beds the ..."
2. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys from His MS. Cypher in the Pepsyian by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke (1885)
"Then we abroad to marrowbone, and there walked in the garden,1 the first time I
ever was there; and a pretty place it is. 8th. The Lords' House did sit till ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of the United States by Stephen Keyes Williams, Edwin Burritt Smith, Ernest Hitchcock (1882)
"So, in the present will, the words, " 1 give all the estate called marrowbone,"
contain a description of the land, and the interest in it. ..."
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