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bare bones
bare bones
The mere essentials or plain, unadorned framework of something, as in This outline gives just the bare bones of the story; details will come later. This phrase transfers the naked skeleton of a body to figurative use. [c. 1900]
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Dobroslav | | - | Croatian, Serbian, Czech, Medieval Slavic |
| Teuta | | - | Albanian |
| Yoel | | yo-EL (Jewish) | Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew |
| Anthoney | | ['æntəni] | |
| ThaÍS | | - | Portuguese (Brazilian) |
| Cadmus | | - | Greek Mythology (Latinized) |