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bony

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

bon·y / ˈbōnē/ • adj. (bon·i·er , bon·i·est ) of or like bone: the bony plates that protect turtles and tortoises. ∎ (of a person or part of the body) so thin that the bones are prominent: he held up his bony fingers. ∎ (of a fish eaten as food) having many bones. DERIVATIVES: bon·i·ness n.

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bony

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

bony •abalone, Albinoni, Annigoni, Antonioni, baloney, Bodoni, boloney, bony, calzone, cannelloni, canzone, cicerone, coney, conversazione, coronae, crony, Gaborone, Giorgione, macaroni, Manzoni, Marconi, mascarpone, minestrone, Moroni, Mulroney, padrone, panettoni, pepperoni, phoney, polony, pony, rigatoni, Shoshone, Sloaney, stony, Toni, tony, zabaglione •cartoony, lacunae, loony, Moonie, moony, Nguni, puny, Rooney, spoony, uni •Sunni •bunny, dunny, funny, gunny, honey, money, runny, sonny, sunny, tunny •twopenny • chutney • beermoney

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