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marrowbone [mar-oh-bohn] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN a bone containing edible marrow. marrowbones, Facetious. the knees. Liberaldictionary.com

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Origin of marrowbone Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at marrow1, bone Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for marrowbone Historical Examples of marrowbone

Nay, more: you are to do with it even as a dog with a marrowbone.

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This day also Mrs. Jemimah went to Marrowbone, so I could not see her.

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You tell Mrs. Prichard all about Mrs. Marrowbone and the bull in the duckpond.

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Old Mrs. Marrowbone’s hair was the only point he could seize on.

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Of course he couldn’t be her grandson, if he was already Mrs. Marrowbone’s.

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British Dictionary definitions for marrowbone marrowbone noun

a bone containing edible marrow
(as modifier)marrowbone jelly

Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for marrowbone n.

late 14c., from marrow + bone (n.). A poetic Old English word for “bone” was mearhcofa “marrow-chamber.”