sawbones

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    a physician who specializes in surgery

Word Origin

sawbones (n.)
"surgeon," 1837, slang, from verbal phrase; see saw (v.) + bone (n.).

Example

1. The old gent 's pitched that old sawbones .

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