Definition of Marrowbones

1. Noun. (plural of marrowbone) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Marrowbones

1. marrowbone [n] - See also: marrowbone

Lexicographical Neighbors of Marrowbones

marrieth
marring
marrish
marrite
marron
marron glacé
marrons
marrons glacés
marrot
marrow
marrow-lymph gland
marrow canal
marrow cell
marrow squash
marrowbone
marrowbones (current term)
marrowed
marrowfat
marrowfat pea
marrowfats
marrowing
marrowish
marrowless
marrowlike
marrows
marrowsky
marrowy
marrried
marrubium
marrubiums

Literary usage of Marrowbones

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Knot Tied: Marriage Ceremonies of All Nations by William Tegg (1877)
"... "marrowbones AND CLEAVERS." Hogarth, in his delineation of the Marriage of the Industrious Apprentice to his master's daughter, takes occasion to ..."

2. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1898)
"JUNE—marrowbones AND CLEAVERS WAS there ever such confounded ill-luck? My whole life has Ix'en a tissue of ill-luck : although I have laboured perhaps ..."

3. England and the English in the Eighteenth Century: Chapters in the Social by William Connor Sydney (1891)
"... and entertainment—Fashionable residential localities—The Mall in St. James's Park—' Shoemaker's holiday'—Wedding and funeral customs—marrowbones and ..."

4. The Tremendous Adventures of Major Gahagan Etc. Etc by William Makepeace Thackeray (1887)
"marrowbones and Cleavers. WAS there ever such confounded ill-luck ? My whole life has been a tissue of ill-luck : although I have laboured perhaps harder ..."

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