| 单词 | prayer-bones |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprayer-bones prayer-bones n. U.S. colloquial the knees. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > leg > knee > [noun] kneec825 knop14.. marrowbone1506 gigot1687 knapper1767 prayer-bones1877 bender1925 knobblies1953 1877 A. Pinkerton Molly Maguires & Detectives xiv. 142 ‘Now get down on your prayer-bones,’ whispered Monaghan; and McKenna knelt upon the carpet. a1944 J. Conroy in B. A. Botkin Treasury Amer. Folklore (1944) iv. 531 If you kneel down to save your poor old back, the little grains of sand eat into your prayerbones. 1998 Poetry July 200 His family on their prayer-bones nightly at the altar of Oakdale Baptist. < as lemmas |
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