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Marrowbone   Listen
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Marrowbone  n.  A bone containing marrow; pl. Ludicrously, knee bones or knees; as, to get down on one's marrowbones, i. e., to kneel.






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"Marrowbone" Quotes from Famous Books



... Sergt. Gass remained in order to bring the ballance of the meat to the river at a point agreed on where the canoe is to meet them again tomorrow morning. This evening we had what I call an excellent supper it consisted of a marrowbone a piece and a brisket of boiled Elk that had the appearance of a little fat on it. this for Fort Clatsop is living in high stile. In this neighbourhood I observe the honeysuckle common in our country I first met with it on the waters of the Kooskooske ...
— The Journals of Lewis and Clark • Meriwether Lewis et al



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