Boneyards
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| - | '''boneyard''' ''n.'' '''1.''' A cemetery; or quite literally, a yard of bones. '''2.''' A hospital or nursing home. '''3.''' A school. '''4.''' A strip mall or apartment complex; a neighborhood. '''5.''' A human being. | + | '''boneyard''' ''n.'' '''1.''' A cemetery; or quite literally, a yard of bones. '''2.''' A hospital or nursing home. '''3.''' A school. '''4.''' A strip mall or apartment complex; a neighborhood. '''5.''' A human being. '''6.''' A type of sailor's knot originating in Nova Scotia. |
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boneyard n. 1. A cemetery; or quite literally, a yard of bones. 2. A hospital or nursing home. 3. A school. 4. A strip mall or apartment complex; a neighborhood. 5. A human being. 6. A type of sailor's knot originating in Nova Scotia.
Usage
Steven Vogeler's Associationalist Composition No.1 feautures a passage referred to as brought up in a boneyard.
