Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the bones bare or scantily covered with flesh; so lean that the bones show their forms.
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- adjective of a person
slim ; notfleshy ; verylean ;emaciated
Etymologies
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Examples
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A great black pot with open lid swung over it, from which rose a slight steam and a bubbling noise; and this huge, gaunt, bareboned, hungry man, looking into it, saw a large raw swede, just as from the field, with only the greens cut off, simmering for his supper.
The Toilers of the Field Richard Jefferies 1867
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Aimed at the casual gamer, but the interface is a little bareboned and lifeless.
IGN DS 2009
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Not only was his guitar work, vocals and songs top notch, but he seemed at ease to play through his set of bareboned Rockabilly-Country.
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Not only was his guitar work, vocals and songs top notch, but he seemed at ease to play through his set of bareboned Rockabilly-Country.
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Not only was his guitar work, vocals and songs top notch, but he seemed at ease to play through his set of bareboned Rockabilly-Country.
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Not only was his guitar work, vocals and songs top notch, but he seemed at ease to play through his set of bareboned Rockabilly-Country.
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(which is simply an anagram of "cat" and "trap") had a bareboned story.
Destructoid 2009
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