ottomy
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From anatomy. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
[edit]ottomy (plural ottomies)
- (obsolete, colloquial) A skeleton.
References
[edit]- [Francis] Grose [et al.] (1811) “Ottomy”, in Lexicon Balatronicum. A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence. […], London: […] C. Chappell, […], →OCLC.
- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary