Boneyard
Slang. a cemetery.
Slang. an area where old or discarded cars, ships, planes, etc., are collected prior to being broken up for scrap or otherwise disposed of.
Also called stock. Dominoes. the bank, consisting of the remaining dominoes after each person has made an initial draw.
a place or area where the bones of wild animals accumulate or are collected.
Historical Examples
The Case and Exceptions Frederick Trevor Hill
Roosevelt in the Bad Lands H. Hagedorn.
The Trail of ’98 Robert W. Service
A Man in the Open Roger Pocock
Red-Robin Jane Abbott
Red-Robin Jane Abbott
Robert Louis Stevenson Walter Raleigh
Shorty McCabe on the Job Sewell Ford
Horses Nine Sewell Ford
noun
an informal name for a cemetery
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