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marrowbone

Pronunciation:  'marow`bown

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 Definition: [n]  a bone containing edible marrow; used especially in flavoring soup
 
 See Also: bone, bone marrow, marrow, os

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Mar"row*bone`\, n.
A bone containing marrow; pl. ludicrously, knee bones or
knees; as, to get down on one's marrowbones, i. e., to kneel.

 

 

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