Synonyms:
bones, castanets, clappers, finger_cymbals
Meaning: a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance
Usage examples
"No bones are broken.
"It's just the bones of a place.
You must give her meat which has no bones in it."
Ask the mountain wolves that tore the flesh from their dead bones.
But what sort of a way is that for bones to lie? 'Tain't in natur'."
Look at that dust under your feet; see the bones scattered on the ground."
They were simply so many bags of bones in which sparks of life fluttered faintly.
May break my bones, but I can't sit and starve up here, and I was a fool to come.
Cook the fish until done in boiling salted water, drain, and remove the large bones.
He was really nothing but skin and bones, and it made him very downhearted to think of it.