"sawbones" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-sawbones.ogg [Australia] Forms: sawbones [plural], sawboneses [plural]
Etymology: saw + bones Etymology templates: {{compound|en|saw|bones}} saw + bones Head templates: {{en-noun|sawbones|+}} sawbones (plural sawbones or sawboneses)
  1. (slang) A surgeon. Tags: slang Categories (topical): People Translations (surgeon (slang)): puukkotohtori (Finnish), Knochensäger [masculine] (German), segaossa [masculine] (Italian), костопра́в (kostopráv) [masculine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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