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Definition
very thin and bony — often from hunger or as though having been worn to the bone
- Jesu, Jesu, dead! a' drew a good bow; and dead! a' shot a fine shoot: John a Gaunt loved him well, and betted much money on his head.3.2 — Act 3 Scene 2 — Gloucestershire. Before Justice Shallow's house (14% in)
- And now is this Vice's dagger become a squire, and talks as familiarly of John a Gaunt as if he had been sworn brother to him; and I'll be sworn a' ne'er saw him but once in the Tilt-yard; and then he burst his head for crowding among the marshal's men.3.2 — Act 3 Scene 2 — Gloucestershire. Before Justice Shallow's house (96% in)
- I saw it, and told John a Gaunt he beat his own name; for you might have thrust him and all his apparel into an eel-skin; the case of a treble hautboy was a mansion for him, a court: and now has he land and beefs.3.2 — Act 3 Scene 2 — Gloucestershire. Before Justice Shallow's house (97% in)
There are no more uses of "gaunt" in Henry IV, Part 2.
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