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bon·ey

 (bō′nē)
adj.
Variant of bony.
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Adj.1.boney - having bones especially many or prominent bones; "a bony shad fillet"; "her bony wrist"; "bony fish"
2.boney - being very thin; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck"
lean, thin - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare
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The boy flicked the big, boney horse with his whip and looked thoughtful.
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