sawbones

Etymology

From saw +‎ bones.

Pronunciation

Audio (General Australian): (file)

Noun

sawbones (plural sawbones or sawboneses)

(slang) A surgeon.

Translations

surgeon (neutral) — see surgeon

surgeon (slang)

Bulgarian: касапин (bg) m (kasapin)
Finnish: puukkotohtori
French: please add this translation if you can
German: Knochensäger m
Italian: segaossa m
Russian: костопра́в (ru) m (kostopráv)

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Czech: ^{(please verify)} řezník (cs) m
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} matasanos (es) m

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