单词 | pox doctor |
释义 | pox doctor/ˈpɒks ˌdɒktə/noun 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. OriginLate 17th century; earliest use found in William Petyt (?1641–1707), lawyer and political propagandist. From pox + doctor. |
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