rickle o' banes
An emaciated person or animal.
To behold him, mounted on his old shelty, was truly a laughable scene, the animal being always so lean — a perfect "rickle o' banes," […]
o'
/ə/
prep 2prefix 1
Collocations
2VERB + O'
cure, pile, sleep
O' + NOUN
bread, clock, family, portuguese, squintin'
Definitions
prep
1
Contraction of of, usually before consonants.
Gimme two o’ those ones.
from two o’clock until closing time
2
Contraction of on.
A pox o' your throat, you bawling, blasphemous, incharitable dog!
prefix
1
descendant of; used to form Irish patronymic surnames.
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it takes a heap o' livin' to make a house a home
Alternative form of it takes a heap of living to make a house a home.
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Gimme two o’ those ones.
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from two o’clock until closing time
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top o’ the mornin to ye
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It's five o' clock. If you quickly post your letter, it still might make it in time.
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Now we look compact and comfortable, as the father said ven he cut his little boy's head off, to cure him o' squintin'.
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