sawbones

[ saw-bohnz ]

/ ˈsɔˌboʊnz /

a surgeon or physician.

Origin of sawbones

1830–40; saw¹ + bone + -s 3

The sawbones from the clinic can't find anything out of line, and I think you can.

The Right Time |Walter Bupp
Having really excited him, instead of soothing him, Sawbones Salter had to pretend that you would excite him.

A Terrible Temptation |Charles Reade
That sawbones feller is right when he says the progress will be slow.

With Edged Tools |Henry Seton Merriman
Sawbones tells me I have plenty of chance to pull through, but Im not so sure about that.

Dave Darrin on the Asiatic Station |H. Irving Hancock

For many years he had carried in his body a Spanish bullet which the sawbones of his guerrilla band had been unable to extract.

The Enemies of Women |Vicente Blasco Ibez

sawbones

/ (ˈsɔːˌbəʊnz) /

slang a surgeon or doctor