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Definition of Boneyards
1. boneyard [n] - See also: boneyard
Lexicographical Neighbors of Boneyards
Literary usage of Boneyards
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Orkneys and Shetland: Their Past and Present State by John R. Tudor (1883)
"... boneyards. Any o-~* who spends a few days on this island, and who is hx ki in
his weather, will be loth to leave; and, long after He- has left, ..."
2. Random Rhymes and Rhapsodies of the Rail by Patrick Fennell (1907)
"Alas, alas! for the engineers; How their bones will bleach in a few more years
In the boneyards over the country wide, Where we'll all be thrown, ..."
3. Voyages on the Yukon and Its Tributaries: A Narrative of Summer Travel in by Hudson Stuck (1917)
"And here and over there alike lie the abandoned steamboats of the
respective "boneyards." There is the horn, the largest and finest boat that ever
floated ..."
4. Alaska by Anne Hart (2000)
"... one stampeder with a literary turn of phrase described them, "ambulatory
boneyards—with ribs like the sides of a whiskey cask and hips to hang hats on. ..."
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