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)

  1. (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