Skin-and-bones and Skin and bones

Skin and bones and skin-and-bones are semantically related in wasted topic. In some cases you can use "Skin and bones" instead an adjective phrase "Skin-and-bones".

Skin and bones noun - A person who is unusually thin and scrawny.

Skin-and-bones and skin and bones are semantically related in emaciated topic. Sometimes you can use "Skin-and-bones" instead an adjective phrase "Skin and bones", if it concerns topics such as wasted, undernourished, unhealthily thin.