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bone-dry

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bone-dry (bndr)
adj.
Having no trace of moisture.

bone-dry
adj
Informal
a.  completely dry a bone-dry well
b.  (postpositive) the well was bone dry
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Adj.1.bone-dry - without a trace of moisture; as dry as a weathered bone; "bone-dry leaves are a fire hazard"; "a drier to get the clothes bone dry"
dry - free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet; "dry land"; "dry clothes"; "a dry climate"; "dry splintery boards"; "a dry river bed"; "the paint is dry"
Translations
bone-dry [ˌbəʊnˈdraɪ] ADJcompletamente seco
bone-dry [ˈbəʊnˈdraɪ] adj (fam) → asciuttissimo/a
bone-dry [ˈbəʊnˈdraɪ] adj (fam) → asciuttissimo/a


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If he is, and spouts a whole lot of that bone-dry stuff about the ancient Mayan civilization and their antiquities, with side lights on how the old-time Indians used to scalp their enemies, I'm going to the moving pictures
 
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