sawbonesn.
/ˈsɔːbəʊnz/, U.S. /ˈsɔˌboʊnz/, /ˈsɑˌboʊnz/ slang.
A surgeon.
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1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxix. 307 ‘What! don't you know what a Sawbones is, Sir?’ enquired Mr. Weller; ‘I thought every body know'd as a Sawbones was a Surgeon.’
1874 R. St. J. Tyrwhitt Our Sketching Club 166 The vivisectors and sawboneses.
1898 H. R. Haggard Dr. Therne 196 I found her the affianced bride of a parish sawbones.
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ˈsawbonesing n. (nonce-word).
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1870 R. Broughton Red as Rose I. 196 If I had..had to earn my bread quill-driving..or sawbones-ing.
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