Definition of Rawbone

1. a. Rawboned.

Definition of Rawbone

1. gaunt [adj] - See also: gaunt

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rawbone

raw meat
raw milk
raw recruit
raw score
raw sewage
raw sienna
raw talent
raw throat
raw umber
raw vegetable
raw weather
raw wood
raw wool
raw wound
rawaru
rawbone (current term)
rawboned
rawer
rawest
rawhead
rawheads
rawhide
rawhided
rawhides
rawhiding
rawin
rawing
rawings
rawins
rawinsonde

Literary usage of Rawbone

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

1. Illustrated Toronto: Past and Present: Being an Historical and Descriptive by J. Timperlake (1877)
"JL rawbone, 123 Yonge street, Gun, Rifle, and Gun Implement Manufacturer. This house, established in 1870, is now the leading establishment in Ontario for ..."

2. James Shirley, Dramatist: A Biographical and Critical Study by Arthur Huntington Nason (1915)
"Before rawbone can make Haver ... commands Jane instantly to marry the supposed rawbone. ... of the real rawbone are ..."

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