rattle-bones
noun
Two pieces of bone or ivory held between the fingers of each hand and rattled together as an accompaniment to the banjo or other instrument.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in ‘Diedrich Knickerbocker’ (1783–1859), author (real name Washington Irving).
- drill sergeant
- drill stem
- drillstock
- drill string
- drily
- Drina River
- drink
- drinkable
- drink and drive
- drink (a toast) to
- drink deep
- drink-driver
- drink-driving
- drinker
- drinker moth
- drinking age
- drinking chocolate
- drinking fountain
- drinking game
- drinking horn
- drinking song
- drinking-up time
- drinking water
- drink like a fish
- drink someone's health