bone
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bone definition


  1. n.
    a trombone. (Musicians. See also bones.) : She plays the bone like nobody's business.

  2. Go to boner. :
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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bone

In addition to the idioms beginning with bone, also see bare bones; chilled to the bone; cut to the bone; feel in one's bones; funny bone; make no bones about; pull a boner; roll the bones; skin and bones; work one's fingers to the bone.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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