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单词 pox doctor
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Definition of pox doctor in English:

pox doctor

noun ˈpɒks ˌdɒktə
  • A doctor specializing in the treatment of venereal disease. "got up like a pox doctor's clerk" and variants: dressed smartly but in bad taste; overdressed. Also figurative rare before 20th cent.

Origin

Late 17th century; earliest use found in William Petyt (?1641–1707), lawyer and political propagandist. From pox + doctor.

 
 

Definition of pox doctor in US English:

pox doctor

nounˈpɒks ˌdɒktə
  • A doctor specializing in the treatment of venereal disease. "got up like a pox doctor's clerk" and variants: dressed smartly but in bad taste; overdressed. Also figurative rare before 20th cent.

Origin

Late 17th century; earliest use found in William Petyt (?1641–1707), lawyer and political propagandist. From pox + doctor.

 
 
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