SAWBONES

surgeon, operating surgeon, sawbones

(noun) a physician who specializes in surgery

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sawbones (plural sawbones or sawboneses)

(slang) A surgeon.

Anagrams

• snowbase

Source: Wiktionary


Saw"bones`, n.

Definition: A nickname for a surgeon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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UNMARRIED

(adjective) not married or related to the unmarried state; “unmarried men and women”; “unmarried life”; “sex and the single girl”; “single parenthood”; “are you married or single?”


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