sawbones

Example Sentences

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“Put the sawbones like me out of business.”

From The New Yorker • Aug. 20, 2012

In New Winton's collection of characters the town sawbones, Dr. Bull, stands out like a large masculine thumb.

From Time Magazine Archive

Answers the sawbones: "Not unless your seeing-eye dog goes lame."

From Time Magazine Archive

Amid such scenes, sawbones of 16 nations got together last week for their first international meeting since before the war.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ichi went to the Old Man, 'oo was breathin' heavy, and examined 'im like 'e was a sure enough sawbones.

From Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story by Springer, Norman