trepan

Example Sentences

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Marshal Ney had a silver trepan in his skull, a bullet wound in his ankle.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fearful things: bonesaws, abdomen retractor, trocar and trepan.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Ballad: The National Anthem A monarch is pestered with cares, Though, no doubt, he can often trepan them; But one comes in a shape he can never escape - The implacable National Anthem!

From Songs of a Savoyard by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir

Then one proposed he should be bled,— "No, leeched you mean," the other said, "Clap on a blister!" roared another,— "No! cup him,"—"No, trepan him, brother."

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn

"But what a thoughtless animal is man,— How very active in his own trepan!"

From The Human Side of Animals by Dixon, Royal