hucklebone
[ huhk-uhl-bohn ]
noun
Origin of hucklebone
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How to use hucklebone in a sentence
Here cockal is the old name for a game with four hucklebones (Halliwell), and is further made to mean the hucklebone itself.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 (of 7) -- Notes to the Canterbury Tales | Geoffrey Chaucer
British Dictionary definitions for hucklebone
hucklebone
/ (ˈhʌkəlˌbəʊn) /
nounarchaic
the anklebone; talus
the hipbone; innominate bone
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