| \SOOP-bohn\ | noun
1. Baseball Slang. a pitcher's throwing arm.
2. a bone used for making soup or broth.
| | Quotes | "Got to rest the old soupbone," he said, flexing his pitching arm, which was muscular and huge, as he headed up the stairs.
-- W. P. Kinsella, "Distances," The Further Adventures of Slugger McBatt, 1988 | | | | | | | | | | Origin of soupbone | | Soupbone entered English in the early 1900s. Just as the literal soupbone is essential in making soup, so too is the figurative one in playing ball. | |
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