ottomy
English edit
Etymology edit
From anatomy. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun edit
ottomy (plural ottomies)
- (obsolete, colloquial) A skeleton.
References edit
- [Francis] Grose [et al.] (1811) “Ottomy”, in Lexicon Balatronicum. A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence. […], London: […] C. Chappell, […], →OCLC.
- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary