raw-boned
English
editAdjective
editraw-boned (comparative more raw-boned, superlative most raw-boned)
- Not plump or muscular; thin so that the outline of bones may be seen; gaunt.
- Synonym: bare-boned
- 1994, Jim Ranie, Jargodin: The Moonlighter, Brisbane: Jim Ranie, page 194:
- A young nurse, a big raw-boned country lass, plodder her way down to the building.