Bones
Bones noun - A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
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- Bones; in "The Double Death of the Dearly Departed", when Brennan and Booth attend a funeral and Brennan informs Booth that the deceased was murdered, Booth, in order to avoid a panic among the mourners, told Brennan not to say 'murdered', and instead substitute with the code word 'translated'.
Source: Never Say That Again -
In King Kong (2005), several gigantic bones from Kong's deceased relatives lie scattered about near his mountaintop cavern.
Source: Ribcage Ridge - A black dragon called Serinar asks for your help with clearing out the cultists invading his ancestral burial grounds to raise the bones of long-deceased dragons as magmawyrms serving the Lich King.
Source: Kick the Son of a Bitch
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Deceased and Bones. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bones/deceased
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