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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Tries
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- Lockhart tries to help, but instead of mending the bones, he removes them!
Source: Body Horror / Literature -
The girl immediately tries to eat Grandma, assuming Mom was talking about her bones' flavor.
Source: It Tastes Like Feet -
Phil and Will tries to do this trope, but just about everyone at his funeral has bones to pick with him and all express how they're glad he's dead.
Source: Never Speak Ill of the Dead
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