Idiom idiom
rickle o' banes
Meaning
An emaciated person or animal.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“That poor stray dog is just a rickle o' banes.”
“After months of illness, the once strong man looked like a mere rickle o' banes.”
“The famine had reduced the villagers to a pitiable state, leaving each one a shivering rickle o' banes struggling to survive the winter.”
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Last updated August 10, 2026