skeleton
/ˈskɛlətən/ noun C2- A type of tobogganing in which competitors lie face down, and descend head first.
- The form of toboggan used in this sport.
Plural skeletons
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A skeleton with a tangle of brown hair adhering to it lay among the débris.
“Stay,” said Monte Cristo, “here, in this very spot” (and he stamped upon the ground), “I had the earth dug up and fresh mould put in, to refresh these old trees; well, my man, digging, found a box, or rather, the iron-work of a box, in the midst of which was the skeleton of a newly born infant.”
A red handkerchief encircled his gray head; torn and filthy garments covered his large bony limbs, which seemed as though, like those of a skeleton, they would rattle as he walked; and the hand with which he leaned upon the young man’s shoulder, and which was the first thing Andrea saw, seemed of gigantic size.
About a year later Mary, then only twelve or thirteen, uncovered the rest of the skeleton.
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