| 单词 | right croaker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasright croaker right croaker n. U.S. Criminals' slang (now rare) a doctor who will treat, or write prescriptions for, criminals without informing the police. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [noun] > attending specific patients kitchen physician1616 archiater1634 school doctor1857 croaker1859 attending1883 right croaker1929 1929 G. L. Hostetter & T. Q. Beesley It's a Racket! vii. 93 To him [sc. the racketeer], a physician or surgeon is only a ‘croaker’, a ‘right croaker’ if he is the sort who will treat a fugitive criminal's wounds or injuries without notifying the police. 1951 Evening Sun (Baltimore) 27 Mar. 4/1 He [sc. a dope addict] may have found he could acquire prescriptions..from a doctor who had his price... (The doctor was a ‘right croaker’). < as lemmas |
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