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View definitions for skin and bones

skin and bones

phrase as in scrawny

phrase as in underweight

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“When my brother came, he was skin and bones,” Ms. Laveus said.

Lodge sometimes took the body parts - which included heads, brains, skin and bones - back to his home while some remains were sent to buyers through the mail, authorities allege.

Lodge sometimes took the body parts — which included heads, brains, skin and bones — back to his home while some remains were sent to buyers through the mail, authorities allege.

Lodge sometimes took the body parts — which included heads, brains, skin and bones — back to his Goffstown, New Hampshire, home, and some remains were sent to buyers through the mail, according to the criminal case.

According to federal prosecutors, from 2018 to 2022, Mr. Lodge stole parts from cadavers that had been donated to the medical school and dissected — including heads, brains, skin and bones — before their scheduled cremations.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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