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1. n. dice. (See similar senses at bone.)□ Toss me the bones and get out your checkbooks.□ Throw them bones and hope for the best.2. n. <a nickname for a ship’s physician.> (From sawbones. Also the nickname of the doctor on the star-ship Enterprise of Star Trek fame.)□ This fat bones actually wanted me to lose weight.□ This is quite a cut. You’ll have to go over to the bones in Adamsville.3. n. <a nickname for a skinny person.> (Also a term of address.)□ Well, bones, how about a nice big meal?□ Ask bones there what he wants to drink.4. n. dollars; money; cash.□ You got any bones on you I can borrow?□ The tickets only cost a few bones, but the play was lousy and I want my money back.
Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions. 2015.