sawbones

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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

Small wonder that they have been dubbed "sawbones," or that they have always hated the unpleasant word.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

The giving of expert evidence on such occasions was the only opportunity which the young sawbones had of earning money.

From A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell by Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir