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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- In Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson, words literally can break bones - the human body and brain can be traumatized by carefully selected words.
Source: Words Can Break My Bones -
Since there are only 206 bones in the human body, Evel had to have broken several of them multiple times.
Source: Medal of Dishonor - Despite the human body not having muscles and bones in the right places for that to happen.
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Human and Bones. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bones/human
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