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

A specialized CONNECTIVE TISSUE that is the main constituent of the SKELETON. The principle cellular component of bone is comprised of OSTEOBLASTS, OSTEOCYTES and OSTEOCLASTS, while FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS and hydoxyapatite crystals form the BONE MATRIX.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

" It's seven years," he went on, " since Doctor Hollin said to me, 'I have to warn you Mrs. Druitt isn't going to make old bones. – The Devil's Garden by W. B. Maxwell

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

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

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

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

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

" Oh," they moan, " we do not see any river- and our bones are breaking- and we cannot breathe." – Stories and Pictures by Isaac Loeb Peretz

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

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

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

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

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