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bone v, n EDD ~ v1. To beg or solicit; solicitation.
   1904 Daily News 7 Mar "The Widow's Lament": In at Whitbourne you reside... / With no orphans or no bride... / There you get the pauper's bone, / In your castle all alone. C 70-21 I'll bone Mary for her help with that next time I see her... I think I'll bone Mr So-and-so about getting money for that project. C 71-127 ~ to beg or 'bum.'

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