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Meanings of boniness in English

Extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)

        Usage of boniness in English
        1
        The doctor felt the boniness of his own face and hands.
        All souls' rising
        2
        They were an odd couple: Brutish, fat and carnal, Poor, a stick figure-thoughsturdy in her boniness-constantlygrubbing, ever fearful.
        Running the books: the adventures of an accidental prison librar...
        3
        "The food, my lord?" persisted the unlovely boniness that was Marilla Theron.
        Watcher of the Dead
        4
        "You needn't worry over my boniness," she assured him cheerfully.
        The Vision of Desire
        Boniness through the time