boneyard

• ““This is what we call the boneyard,” Jorge said pleasantly.”

  Simon & Schuster: House Of The Scorpion

• “Her father takes Claire to practice in the Mexican Catholic cemetery, a ratty sandpile decorated with faded plastic flowers and clacking pinwheels, colorful santos and candles, a place her father calls the boneyard.”

  Simon & Schuster: Some Fun

• “Digs have been going on around the so-called boneyard field for the last 15 years.”

  EDP24 News

• “It had been dubbed the boneyard by local surfers after the storm because of a tendency to sustain cuts and bruises when wading through, said Lynn Yates, Surfside Local Surfers Alliance president.”

  The Facts: News

• “For the part of the inventory that most urgently needs immediate expansion, the A-10 and the close support mission, hundreds of airframes now sitting in the "boneyard" can and should be refurbished -- at extraordinarily modest cost.”

  Winslow T. Wheeler: What Now, Icarus? Is Western Combat Aviation Falling Out of the Sky?

• “At the Historic Aerials website, you can find images of the aircraft "boneyard" at Davis-Monthan AFB in 1958.”

  Archive 2008-06-01

• “A dusty "boneyard" contains thousands of rusting armored vehicles that the Soviet military left behind when it withdrew.”

  The Wall Street Journal: A U.S. Strategy Unfolds at Kabul's Training Center

• “Chatiller does all repairs in-house, finding parts in the "boneyard," an entire floor of antiquated gear used for components.”

  The Ten Best Fishing Tackle Shops in the U.S.A

• ““We’ve got something called the boneyard, and any troublemaker who goes through it comes out as harmless as a little lamb.””

  Simon & Schuster: House Of The Scorpion

• “We’ve got something called the boneyard, and any troublemaker who goes through it comes out as harmless as a little lamb.”

  Simon & Schuster: House Of The Scorpion

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