| Webster's Online Dictionary |
Date "BLOODY-BONES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1898. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Literature | Bloody-Bones A hobgoblin; generally "Raw-head and Bloody-Bones." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
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| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Rawhead and Bloody-Bones | Literature | 1: A bogie at one time the terror of children. 2: "Servants awe children and keep them in subjection by telling them of Rawhead and Bloody-bones."- Locke. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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