well-gnawed

The expectation among many circles is that the firm will survive -- in some form -- though the suspicion is that, at a minimum, its Dean Witter Discover Card unit will be spun off fairly quickly as one small, well-gnawed bone thrown to investors.

Get Briefed: Philip Purcell III 2010

The expectation among many circles is that the firm will survive -- in some form -- though the suspicion is that, at a minimum, its Dean Witter Discover Card unit will be spun off fairly quickly as one small, well-gnawed bone thrown to investors.

Get Briefed: Philip Purcell III 2010

Would that the play itself were better, but in truth it's a well-gnawed hambone, an exercise in romantic hokum that can nonetheless be ennobled by its leading man.

In a Strange Land 2007

How many times had he grown cold looking over the iron rail of a Baltic ship, worrying — like a depressive terrier with a well-gnawed stick — the urge to throw himself over the side?

The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters Dahlquist, Gordon 2006

They found a small recess in the one nearest the base of the rock, with a pallet of blankets spread down in it; also an old suspender, some bacon rind, and the well-gnawed bones of two or three fowls.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 2003

Moving through the dingy cave, the monster passed nu - merous scattered, well-gnawed bones of previous meals.

Flint, the King Kirchoff, Mary 2003

When the time came she would do it with no more thought or emotion than she would discarding a well-gnawed pork rib.

She Is The Darkness Cook, Glen 1997

Moving through the dingy cave, the monster passed nu - merous scattered, well-gnawed bones of previous meals.

Flint the King Kirchoff, Mary 1990

It was bordered with electrons and well-gnawed bones.

Skinny Legs and All Robbins, Tom 1990

Ug grunted, picked up his well-gnawed buffalo bone and said, 'Why do anything?

The Complete Stories Vol 1 Asimov, Isaac 1990