sawbones

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noun person trained in medical science

noun. person trained in medical science

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

That any whipper-snapper of a sawbones should tell me to go to my room.

The Sawbones have give it that name, I'm aware, but of course that's their fun.

Don't come to me: go t' a sawbones and have your arm cut off.

But I kin go to Bullhide for the sawbones in it, and bring him back, too.

That sawbones feller is right when he says the progress will be slow.

Having really excited him, instead of soothing him, Sawbones Salter had to pretend that you would excite him.

The boys buried him decent while the sawbones was cuttin' what was left of my arm away, an' puttin' me to sleep with dope.

I am lying here like a poor log because that sawbones and you girls make me.

For many years he had carried in his body a Spanish bullet which the sawbones of his guerrilla band had been unable to extract.

I was afterwards informed by my "sawbones" friend that play was stopped directly I left.