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saw·bones

(sô′bōnz′)

n. pl. sawbones or saw·bones·es (-bōn′zĭz) Slang

A physician, especially a surgeon.

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sawbones

(ˈsɔːˌbəʊnz)

n, pl -bones or -boneses

slang a surgeon or doctor

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saw•bones

(ˈsɔˌboʊnz)

n., pl. -bones, -bones•es. (used with a sing. v.) Slang.

a surgeon or physician.

[1830–40]

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Noun

sawbones - a physician who specializes in surgery

operating surgeon, surgeon

amputator - a surgeon who removes part or all of a limb

cosmetic surgeon, plastic surgeon - a surgeon who beautifies the body (especially the face)

doc, doctor, physician, Dr., MD, medico - a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor"

brain surgeon, neurosurgeon - someone who does surgery on the nervous system (especially the brain)

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sawbones

(o.f.) [ˈsɔːbəʊnz] N (pej) → matasanos m inv

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"Wha' won't do?" he said, and added, after looking sleepily into Montgomery's face for a minute, "Blasted Sawbones!"

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'These here ones as is below, though, ain't reg'lar thoroughbred sawbones; they're only in trainin'.'

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Well, the child was not much the worse, more frightened, according to the Sawbones; and there you might have supposed would be an end to it.

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"Now the cussed thing's ready, Sawbones, and you'll just out with another five, or here she stays."

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Hyde's countenance disfigures the doctor's otherwise dependable countenance: "every time he looked at my prisoner, I saw that Sawbones turned sick and white with the desire to kill him" (7).

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