skeletonessn.
A female skeleton.Apparently an isolated use.
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1840 Peter Parley's Ann. 9 A marvellously lean lady, called the ‘living skeletoness’.
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n.1840- within spitting distance
- within striking distance
- within the aegis etc a person's or thing's) aegis
- within the aegis of a person's or thing's) aegis
- within the aegis outside (within a person's or thing's) aegis
- within the beltway
- within the compass of expression
- within the contemplation of the law
- within the four corners of
- within the four corners of a document
- within the four seas
- within the gunshot
- within the gunshot of
- within the lists
- within the mark
- within the meaning of the act
- within the metal
- within the pale
- within the pale of
- within the posts
- within the reach of
- within the rear of
- within the veil
- within the verge
- within the walls