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bone–tired
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Definition of bone–tired
: completely exhausted : extremely tired By war's end, however, Bush was bone-tired, broken in spirit and bereft of influence. — Thomas P. Hughes, New York Times Book Review, 26 Oct. 1997
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First Known Use of bone–tired
1912
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