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noun

bare bones n. The absolute minimum necessary.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Bare bones" Quotes from Famous Books

... the main axis of the Himalaya in January, to pass the winter at an altitude of 15,000 feet above sea-level, and face blizzards which cut through heavy fur coats and left us as if we were standing before it in our bare bones. ...

— The Heart of Nature - or, The Quest for Natural Beauty • Francis Younghusband

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... alive," he mutters. "I mustn't, shan't leave him here. The wolves would soon make bare bones of him, and the carrion crows peck that handsome face of his. They shan't either get at him. No. He's did me a kindness more'n once, it's my turn now. Slave, mulatto, nigger, as they call me, I'll show them that under a coloured skin there can be gratitude, as much as under a white ...

— The Death Shot - A Story Retold • Mayne Reid

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Words linked to "Bare bones" : sum, core, plural, colloquialism, substance, heart and soul, kernel, essence, plural form