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close to the bone
vs
shillingless
close to the bone
adj
Destitute.
Penetrating and relatable, to the point of causing discomfort.
shillingless
adj
Without a shilling; broke.
How often have the words
close to the bone
and
shillingless
occurred in a corpus of books?
(source:
Google Ngram Viewer
)