rickle o' banes

1.
Scottish EnglishScots dialectdialectalarchaicliterary
- A small heap or pile of bones (literal sense).
- A skeletal remnant or collection of bones.
2.
Scottish EnglishScots dialectdialectalcolloquialfigurative
- A gaunt, extremely thin, or emaciated person; literally 'skin and bones'.
- A figure or person so thin that they resemble a pile of bones.

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