Bone

The Slang Dictionary Etymological Historical and Anecdotal · 1913 · p. 6

to steal or appropriate what does not belong to you. Boned , seized, apprehended.— Old. Bone , good, excellent. IMG:6416919226569953468_sd.jpg:diamond, the vagabonds’ hieroglyphic for BONE , or good, chalked by them on houses and street corners as a hint to succeeding beggars.— French , BON .