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'What's a sawbones?' inquired Mr. Pickwick, not quite certain whether it was a live animal, or something to eat. 'What! Don't you know what a sawbones is, sir?' inquired Mr. Weller. 'I thought everybody know'd as a sawbones was a surgeon.'
- Sawbones - "Pettifogger," "Stumblebum," and Others Who Don't ...
: a lawyer whose methods are petty, underhanded, or...
- Sawbones Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
slang. : physician, surgeon. Did you know? Sawbones cut its...
- Sawbones - "Pettifogger," "Stumblebum," and Others Who Don't ...
slang. : physician, surgeon. Did you know? Sawbones cut its first literary tooth in Charles Dickens's 1837 novel The Pickwick Papers, when Sam Weller says to Mr. Pickwick, "Don't you know what a sawbones is, sir? … I thought everybody know'd as a sawbones was a surgeon."
The word is sawbones, not sawbone. It is a very old slang word for a surgeon, especially a ship's surgeon in the age of sail. In the original Star Trek series, the ship's doctor is called Bones.
an informal way of referring to a doctor, especially a surgeon (= a doctor specially trained to perform medical operations): The gloomiest prognosis comes from a sawbones at Leeds General Infirmary, who suspects that the star player has a stress fracture.
noun. slang. a surgeon or doctor. “Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012. Discover More.
sawbones. Slang a surgeon or doctor.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
: a lawyer whose methods are petty, underhanded, or disreputable. Now, judges' decisions or discovery disclosures are offering clarifying truths and revealing propagandistic political pettifoggers for what they are — and in some cases, imposing consequences. — Scot Lehigh, The Boston Globe, 8 Dec. 2021.
