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sawbones

[saw-bohnz] / ˈsɔˌboʊnz /


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“Put the sawbones like me out of business.”

From The New Yorker • Aug. 20, 2012

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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Maybe this replacement sawbones got strangled in red tape.

From The Plague by Keller, Teddy




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