He had stuck the Twenty-first of June next to the Twenty-second of December, and the former looked like a maypole by the side of a marrowbone.
"Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year"
E.C. Hartwell
General Morgan instantly charged it with Quirk's scouts and some companies of the 9th Tennessee, and not only prevented it from rallying, but drove it all the way back to marrowbone, entering the encampment there with the troops he was pursuing in a pell-mell dash.
"Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War"
Various
There's nothing like a marrowbone, sir, to give soup a flavour.
"The Gods are Athirst"
Anatole France