See tutster in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "2023, Nicolas Freeling, No Part in Your Death\n\"My dear boy!\" A tutster. This sort of elderly practitioner who talks about tummy is still a familiar figure in the countryside. Says little prick for a local anaesthetic."
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