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a bag of bones
a bag of bones
(informal) a person or animal that is extremely thin All the plumpness she'd acquired in middle age had gone. She was a bag of bones.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Gertie | | GUR-tee (English), KHER-tee (Dutch) | English, Dutch |
| Bandi | | - | Hungarian |
| Abelone | | - | Danish |
| Lis | | - | Danish, Swedish, Norwegian |
| Aldegonda | | ahl-də-KHAWN-dah | Dutch |
| Ampelius | | - | Ancient Greek (Latinized) |