a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone ( usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together ( as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance

The thought of a slip, broken bones, delighted the safe people in comfortable chairs. – O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 by Various

I'm too narrow between the cheek- bones, perhaps. – The Real Adventure by Henry Kitchell Webster

I can feel it in my bones. – The Obstacle Race by Ethel M. Dell

She cried and said: " Ah, why did you not do what I told you- put all my bones together in their place? – Europa's Fairy Book by Joseph Jacobs

She has made no bones about it. – Viviette by William J. Locke

Men do so often break their bones, and then seem to think nothing of it afterwards." – The Duke's Children by Anthony Trollope

Get up, lazy bones! – Petty Troubles of Married Life, Part First by Honore de Balzac

It is waiting for you- don't you feel it in your bones?" – Jack O' Judgment by Edgar Wallace

She is nothing but a bag of bones, she's so worn. – Together by Robert Herrick (1868-1938)

But I think it was sometimes a nickname, bones, applied to a thin man. – The Romance of Names by Ernest Weekley

Afterwards the Cave- men learned better ways of setting broken bones. – The Later Cave-Men by Katharine Elizabeth Dopp

Yes, yes; so long as there remains to me a bit of skin on my bones. – The Invasion of France in 1814 by Émile Erckmann Alexandre Chatrian

I will come again in twenty; or, if you are willing to save an old man's bones, I will be at the bottom of the stair at that time to take charge of you. – Donal Grant by George MacDonald

I remember feeling very sore, and my head was aching badly, but no bones were broken. – "The Pomp of Yesterday" by Joseph Hocking

She won't make any bones about it if he says it's for me, Sergeant Ibbetson- she'll know. – When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan

Eh, brother, have no fear, now I have money, why should I trouble myself with washing bones? – Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Grimm Brothers

By faith Joseph, when his end was nigh, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.... – The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews by Thomas Charles Edwards

There I will show you the man's bones. – Khaled, A Tale of Arabia by F. Marion Crawford