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Definition of Sawbones
1. Noun. A physician who specializes in surgery.
Specialized synonyms: Amputator, Cosmetic Surgeon, Plastic Surgeon, Brain Surgeon, Neurosurgeon
Generic synonyms: Doc, Doctor, Dr., Md, Medico, Physician
Specialized synonyms: Beaumont, William Beaumont, Alexis Carrel, Carrel, Cowper, William Cowper, De Bakey, Michael Ellis De Bakey, Gorgas, William Crawford Gorgas, Baron Lister, Joseph Lister, Lister, James Parkinson, Parkinson, Reed, Walter Reed
Definition of Sawbones
1. n. A nickname for a surgeon.
Definition of Sawbones
1. Noun. (slang) A surgeon. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sawbones
1. a surgeon [n -BONESES] - See also: surgeon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sawbones
Literary usage of Sawbones
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Spirit: A Basis for World Democracy by Paul Monroe (1919)
"... away with the starry flag, Cub sawbones carried his surgeon's bag; But for
me — I wanted no "rear" in mine — I shouldered a gun in the fighting line. ..."
2. Society in the New Reign by George Washburn Smalley, Thomas Hay Sweet Escott (1904)
"... masher at church— Preachers and pastors à la mode—The loafing rabbi—The
provincial " sawbones "—Lady ..."
3. Pitfalls by Anthony Joseph Caffrey (1921)
"CHAPTER XXVI * sawbones" SOMEHOW or another we got on to the subje of hospitals
and their management one night, and Doctor X. told me that while years ago ..."
4. The American Spirit: A Basis for World Democracy by Paul Monroe (1919)
"... away with the starry flag, Cub sawbones carried his surgeon's bag; But for
me — I wanted no "rear" in mine — I shouldered a gun in the fighting line. ..."
5. Society in the New Reign by George Washburn Smalley, Thomas Hay Sweet Escott (1904)
"... masher at church— Preachers and pastors à la mode—The loafing rabbi—The
provincial " sawbones "—Lady ..."
6. Pitfalls by Anthony Joseph Caffrey (1921)
"CHAPTER XXVI * sawbones" SOMEHOW or another we got on to the subje of hospitals
and their management one night, and Doctor X. told me that while years ago ..."
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