2. Noun. Shameful secrets (''pluralia tantum''; shortened from skeletons in the cupboard or skeletons in the closet). ¹
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Definition of Skeletons
1. skeleton [n] - See also: skeleton
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skeletons
Literary usage of Skeletons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1892)
"JAA Lucas on the Bird skeletons Collected by the US Fish Commission
Steamer 'Albatross.'\ — These skeletons represent 33 species, mostly water birds, ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1839)
"HUMAN skeletons AT GLOUCESTER The men employed in excavating in the new market,
Gloucester, for the works connected with the intended depot of the ..."
3. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1894)
"The latest find consists of the skeletons of two Indians of mammoth ... The skeletons
are supposed to have belonged to members of Tecumseh's band, ..."
4. A Junior Course of Practical Zoology by Arthur Milnes Marshall (1899)
"skeletons of rabbits, fowls, etc., may be prepared by maceration or by boiling.
... Boiling the bones and then picking off the flesh yields skeletons ..."
5. London by Charles Knight (1842)
"Here, in wonderful profusion, tho eye passes along an almost interminable series
of skeletons, beautifully prepared and exhibited, first of quadrupeds, ..."
6. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"The chief features of the Museum are the isolated skeletons, &c., on pedestals
placed at the ends and in the centre of the room, and, as might be expected, ..."
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