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ridgebone.

The backbone or spine.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɹɪd͡ʒbəʊn/
  1. The backbone or spine.

    also · figuratively · rare
Where this word comes from

From Middle English rygge-bone, rigbone, from Old English hryċġbān (“backbone; spine”), from Proto-West Germanic *hruggjabain, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjabainą (“backbone”); equivalent to ridge (“the back”) + bone.

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