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crazy bone

noun

, Chiefly Northern, Midland, and Western U.S.

crazy bone

noun

  1. a US name for funny bone
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of crazy bone1

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55
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Example Sentences

Took me right on the 'crazy bone' and made me jump for a minute, but it's hardly bleeding now.

This is why you call this part of the elbow the "funny" or "crazy bone."

He has just fallen due, and in doing so has hurt his crazy-bone (see Appendix).

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