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  • But he has attributes other than the raw-boned aggression of the stereotype, notably good vision and touch, the knack of threading short, subtle passes between defenders and masterly running off the ball that creates the space for his team-mates to score.

    Kevin Davies's England reward is deserved – but it could be short-lived Rob Bagchi 2010

  • Johnny Rochester, Henry Savile, a hearty raw-boned sort of man whom Rochester obviously adores, and Lord Sedley came to the tiring rooms after the performance this evening:

    Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

  • They found little of interest on the lonesome, raw-boned isle, but they renamed it San Carlos, and half-heartedly annexed it for the Spanish Crown.

    Richard Bangs: Skullduggery on Easter Island (Part I of II) Richard Bangs 2011

  • He said how honoured he was to have arranged an audience with the Pope – at which Bill at once leapt in to ask, to the nation's bewilderment: "I take it, señor Pelé, you mean a meeting with the raw-boned and rangy former Derbyshire medium-pacer George Pope?"

    Tons of reasons to support the monarchs of sport | Frank Keating 2011

  • Johnny Rochester, Henry Savile, a hearty raw-boned sort of man whom Rochester obviously adores, and Lord Sedley came to the tiring rooms after the performance this evening:

    Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

  • Thinner then, raw-boned almost, his long, straight brown hair flung about with each herky-jerk gesture, Skip was standing behind the rutted wooden bar, talking six times faster than anyone else in the entire state.

    The Lampshade Mark Jacobson 2010

  • Emaline was riding Popcorn while Juanita was on a big, raw-boned chestnut gelding.

    Come Again No More Jack Todd 2010

  • Emaline was riding Popcorn while Juanita was on a big, raw-boned chestnut gelding.

    Come Again No More Jack Todd 2010

  • That means a limited number of elite players — mostly the seven youngsters from the Ann Arbor program — and a bunch of raw-boned role players: grinders, defensive specialists and muckers, in other words, the gritty players who have populated Mr. Burke's teams in Vancouver, Anaheim (where he won a Stanley Cup) and now Toronto.

    For America, It's 1980 All Over Again Ian Johnson 2010

  • Emaline was riding Popcorn while Juanita was on a big, raw-boned chestnut gelding.

    Come Again No More Jack Todd 2010

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  • See rawboned.

    February 28, 2017