rickle o' banes

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rickle o' banes

noun rickles o' banes · rickle of banes · rickle o' bones · rickle of bones

  1. Scotland, idiomatic An emaciated person or animal. To behold him, mounted on his old shelty, was truly a laughable scene, the animal being always so lean — a perfect "rickle o' banes," […]

    Similar: bag of bones

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@misc{rickle_o_banes_2026,
  title = {rickle o' banes},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rickle%20o'%20banes},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}