Bony
Bony adjective - Having a noticeably small amount of body fat.
Usage example: that bony old horse may have been deliberately starved
Thick
Thick adjective - Having or being of relatively great depth or extent from one surface to its opposite.
Both words in one sentence
- A sailor in The Abandoned is described as "an enormous giant of a man, whiskered like a Highlander, with arms like the branches of oak trees, horny hands with red, bony knuckles, and fingers as big and thick as blood-pudding sausages." He embroiders detailed flowers on linen cloth.
Source: Real Men Wear Pink / Literature
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