ottomy

English

Etymology

From anatomy. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

ottomy (plural ottomies)

  1. (obsolete, colloquial) A skeleton.

References
  • [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
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