1709 B. Mandeville iv. 86 Being a tender small Boned Creature, of all her Sufferings, nothing was more irksome to her than Dorante's Blows.
1812 G. Crabbe iii. 45 He soon display'd his skill In small-bon'd Lambs.
1994 Aug. 71/2 Those most at risk are slim, small-boned white women with a family history of osteoporosis, especially if they drink or smoke heavily.