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  2. Make one's bones - Wikipedia

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    To "make one's bones" is an American English idiom meaning to take actions to establish achievement, status, or respect. [1] It is an idiomatic equivalent of "establish[ing] one's bona fides ". [ 2 ]

  3. Made man - Wikipedia

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    Earning or making one's "bones" or "button" or becoming a "button man" for the Mafia is usually synonymous with becoming a "made man". Other street terms for being initiated into the Mafia include being "straightened out" or "baptized", and earning one's "badge". [1] "Opening the books" and "closing the books" are phrases used in the Mafia to ...

  4. Fee-fi-fo-fum - Wikipedia

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    "Fee-fi-fo-fum" is the first line of a historical quatrain (or sometimes couplet) famous for its use in the classic English fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk".The poem, as given in Joseph Jacobs' 1890 rendition, is as follows: [1]

  5. TJ Klune's “The Bones Beneath My Skin ”Reads Like a Queer ...

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    Bones is no exception as Nate, Alex and Artemis form an unbreakable — not to mention otherworldly — bond with one another. For the author, however, the topic is much more than a marketing trope.

  6. ‘Connections’ Hints and Answers for NYT's Tricky ... - AOL

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    If you've been having trouble with any of the connections or words in Sunday's puzzle, you're not alone and these hints should definitely help you out. Plus, I'll reveal the answers further down ...

  7. Sticks and Stones - Wikipedia

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    Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never harm me. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In a speech given by E.H. Heywood in Boston, Massachusetts, on November 16, 1862, published in The Liberator on January 2, 1863, the speaker quotes a "little Irish girl" who "dissolved the quarrel" of a group of children who were about to come to blows by saying:

  8. Talk:Make one's bones - Wikipedia

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  9. Bone - Wikipedia

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    A bone is a rigid organ [1] that constitutes part of the skeleton in most vertebrate animals. Bones protect the various other organs of the body, produce red and white blood cells, store minerals, provide structure and support for the body, and enable mobility. Bones come in a variety of shapes and sizes and have complex internal and external ...