1 gen 1533 anni - rackabones

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A lean or very thin person, a ‘bag of bones’, used to mean a ‘good-for-nothing’. 1533 <i>that Wyllm smythe & hys wyffe be brought befor master stawerd for harbryne of rakckabones,</i> Wakefield (YRS74/17). It has been noted in America from 1804 but not in England, although. Wright has ‘rackapelt’ and ‘rackatag’ which are also pejorative.

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