bag of bones

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)Askinny,malnourishedperson oranimal.1938,Norman Lindsay,Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.:Ure Smith, published1962,→OCLC, page211:Bradly came out from hiding with a dyspeptic grunt, too depressed by ignominy to send a curse after the old woman. That oldbag of bonesto bring down cataclysm on him! That old thing the nemesis of an inspired aspiration!

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