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sawbones

[ saw-bohnz ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, (used with a singular verb)

, plural saw·bones, saw·bones·es.

sawbones

/ ˈsɔːˌbəʊnz /

First recorded in 1830–40; saw ¹ + bone + -s ³( def )

For many years he had carried in his body a Spanish bullet which the sawbones of his guerrilla band had been unable to extract.

But I kin go to Bullhide for the sawbones in it, and bring him back, too.

The mediocre sawbones can always take a shop, go to India, marry a sickly widow, or invent a patent medicine.

Well, he's got an ugly hole in him, and it's hard hunting—the sawbones will have to find the lead.

They had grudgingly allowed Clancey, the family sawbones, to call in a psychologist friend, Philip Warwick.

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