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    rames n plIf you don't eat more, you'll just be the rames of a man. 'skeleton''skeleton'Used IUsed INot use

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    rames n pl"rames of the schooner" (i.e., the ribs and keel on the shore.)DNE-citGMSUsed IUsed IUsed IThe whole quotation used in the dictionary is: "The rames of the schooner [were left on the shore].

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    rames n plTHERE'S NOTHINg LEFT OF HiM ONLY THE RAMES. - "POOR" AS THE RAMES, ETC., EXplANATiON: BARE BONES, - VERY THIN PERSON.YesJ. D. A. WIDDOWSON COLLECTOR'S PERMANENT FILEUsed IUsed INot use

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    rames n pl1. John is the pure rames. You can almost see through him. 2. Rames means just the skin over the bones.YesJ. D. A. WIDDOWSON COLLECTOR'S PERMANENT FILE(148)Used IUsed INot use

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    rames n pl. . . rames . . . raverin. . . a ver y thin personPRINTED ITEMG. M. Story MAY 1970JH MAY 1970Used IUsed INot use

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    rames n plHe is as thin as the rames. Refers to a very thin person.YesSEP 1977 DNE-citJ. D. A. WIDDOWSON COLLECTOR'S PERMANENT FILEUsed IUsed IUsed IThe second line of the quotation does not appear in the dictionary

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    rames n pl"Poor as the rames." A very thin, bony person. (Thomas Smith, Chance Cove: "Rames" could be the rib part of an animal that is eaten, hence not much meat, fat, etc.)DNE-citJH 4/70Used IUsed INot use

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    rames n pl"She's only the rames." (very skinny, bony)Used IUsed INot use

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    rames n plHe left nothing only the rames. This means the bones;the skeleton.YesJ. D. A. WIDDOWSON COLLECTOR'S PERMANENT FILEUsed IUsed INot use
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