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单词 knucklebone
释义

knucklebone

noun

knuck·​le·​bone ˈnək-əl-ˌbōn How to pronounce knucklebone (audio)
1
: a bone (such as a metatarsus or metacarpus of a sheep) used in games and formerly in divination
2
knucklebones plural in form but singular in construction : a game played with knucklebones or jacks

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web To win, players raced their opponent to the opposite end of the board, moving pieces according to knucklebone dice rolls. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2020 As a onetime priest, McLaughlin would have undoubtedly understood the desire to possess a relic from a venerated figure, like a saint’s knucklebone or a sliver of the true cross. John Kelly, Washington Post, 4 June 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1577, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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