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单词 marrowbone stage
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marrowbone stage
marrowbone stage n. colloquial Obsolete one's own legs as a means of conveyance; cf. shank n. 1b.
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1820 G. Simpson Let. 28 Apr. in Brit. Columbia Hist. Q. (1937) 1 120 I..was compelled to have recourse to the Marrowbone stage the greater part of the Journey.
1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock 85 The humbler conveyances known as ‘Shanks's mare’, and the ‘Marrowbone stage’—in more refined language, walking.
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