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Meaning of bag of bones | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A skinny, malnourished person or animal.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“Bradly came out from hiding with a dyspeptic grunt, too depressed by ignominy to send a curse after the old woman. That old bag of bones to bring down cataclysm on him! That old thing the nemesis of an inspired aspiration!”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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