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Collarbone   /kˈɑlərbˌoʊn/   Listen
Collarbone

noun
1.
Bone linking the scapula and sternum.  Synonym: clavicle.






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"Collarbone" Quotes from Famous Books



... his hands up and down Roger's arms and legs, his chest, collarbone and at last, with gently probing ...
— Stand by for Mars! • Carey Rockwell

... shown that he had been stabbed by the dagger—of which I will tell you more in a moment—that hung always above the altar. The weapon had entered, fortunately some inches above the heart, just under the collarbone, which had been broken by the stupendous force of the blow, the dagger itself being driven clean through the body, and out ...
— Carnacki, The Ghost Finder • William Hope Hodgson

... down and under, with a bunch giving me the boot, when I turned loose with this. Talk about damage! It ranged them the full length of their bodies. One of them'd just landed his brogans on my face when I let'm have it. The bullet entered just above his knee, smashed the collarbone, where it came out, and then clipped off an ear. I guess that bullet's still going. It took more than a full-sized man to stop it. So I say, give me a good handy ...
— The Mutiny of the Elsinore • Jack London

... urged him with a force that he could not disobey. He made a few quick passes, then with the full strength in his arms and his supple body he smote his antagonist a terrible blow upon the head, cutting down even to the collarbone. Then Dornoch fell to the ground and moved ...
— The Thirsty Sword • Robert Leighton

... hand-axe, but he threw his axe in the way, and the blow fell on the haft with a downward stroke and bit into it about the breadth of two fingers. Thiostolf cut at him at once with his axe, and smote him on the shoulder, and the stroke hewed asunder the shoulderbone and collarbone, and the wound bled inwards. Glum grasped at Thiostolf with his left hand so fast, that he fell; but Glum could not hold him, for death came over him. Then Thiostolf covered his body with stones, and took off his gold ring. Then he went straight to Varmalek. Hallgerda was sitting out of doors, ...
— Njal's Saga • Unknown Icelanders

... Daly might be a better nurse than his mother, or that the quiet of the sheep station might be better for him than the clatter of his own mill-wheels. It was midnight, and they had a ride of fourteen miles, which was hard enough upon a man with a broken collarbone. The whole party also was thoroughly fatigued. The work they had been doing was about as hard as could fall to a man's lot, and they had now been many hours without food. Before they started Mickey produced his flask, the contents of which were ...
— Harry Heathcote of Gangoil • Anthony Trollope



Words linked to "Collarbone" :   endoskeleton, bone, subclavian artery, os, arteria subclavia



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