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rattle the bones en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, slang) To play dice.
    • Little Mr. Crow shook the dice up and down in his balled hands so long that the Butcher growled "Come on! Come on! Get done, man!" He continued to rattle the bones between his palms, and the Butchers red face twisted up into a scowl. 1902 March, John Oxenham, “The Legion of the Lost”, in Macmillan's Magazine, volume 85, number 509, pages 386–87:

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rattling the bones Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rattled the bones Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rattled the bones Tense=Past lexicographic
rattles the bones Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

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