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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The first known use of bone-tired was in 1912
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