shinbone

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In 1957, Brooks teamed up with celebrated lyricist Joe Darion to write the book for "Shinbone Alley."

From Salon • Jul. 10, 2021

It was a place the script called Shinbone Alley, in a shabby section of the city.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein

One of p. 127these I had opened; and there, sure enough, were the remains of Skeletons closely packed together—chiefly teeth—but some remains of Shinbone, and marks of Skull in the Clay. 

From Letters of Edward FitzGerald in two volumes, Vol. 1 by Wright, William Aldis

"She's the daughter of the Honorable Leonidas Shinbone, that's all I know,—rather a belle at Saratoga, I fancy."

From Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Lever, Charles James