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bilby commented on the word snow-bones
"An old 19th century word for the lines of snow left on a road between the tracks of wheels." I read that definition on Twitter so it must be true.
January 10, 2017
alexz commented on the word snow-bones
confirmed: did a book search, found it in a Northamptonshire dictionary.
https://books.google.ca/books?id=Xr5oAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA881&dq="snow-bones"
January 11, 2017
Gammerstang commented on the word snow-bones
(pl. noun) - Remnants of snow after a thaw. Northern England.
--Samuel Pegge's Supplement to the Provincial Glossary of Francis Grose, 1814
January 14, 2018