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Bone-grubber (A)

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A person who grubs about dust-bins, gutters, etc., for refuse bones, which he sells to bone-grinders, and other dealers in such stores.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Bona-roba
Bonduca = Boadicea
Bone
Bone in my Throat
Bone of Contention
Bones
Bone to pick (A)
Bone
Bone (To)
Bone-grubber (A)
Bone-lace
Bone-shaker (A)
Boned
Bones
Bonese
Bonfire
Bonhomie
Bonhomme (Un)
Boniface
Bonne (French)