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JadziaDax · 10-15-2003, 01:36 AM

The Word of the Day for October 15 is:

sawbones • \SAW-bohnz\ • (noun) slang: physician, surgeon

A little more information about today’s word:
"Sawbones" first cut its teeth in Charles Dickens's 1837 novel The Pickwick Papers, when Sam Weller said to Mr. Pickwick, "Don't you know what a sawbones is, sir? . . . I thought everybody know'd as a sawbones was a surgeon." By the late 19th century, the word had also been used by authors such as H. G. Wells and Mark Twain and was well established in English. Nineteenth-century surgeons used saws to perform amputations, and the word "sawbones" was associated with unskillful hacking. Mercifully, medical technology has improved dramatically since then (the surgical saws used in procedures today are a far cry from the primitive tools of yesteryear), but the word "sawbones" is still used, often in a humorous context.

My sentence:
Before going in for his appendectomy, Uncle George jokingly wondered aloud how much blood he'd have left after the old sawbones had sewn him back up.

Based on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 10th Edition.

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10-15-2003, 01:36 AM	#57 (permalink)
JadziaDax Loser Location: who the fuck cares?	Word of the day October 15 The Word of the Day for October 15 is: sawbones • \SAW-bohnz\ • (noun) slang: physician, surgeon A little more information about today’s word: "Sawbones" first cut its teeth in Charles Dickens's 1837 novel The Pickwick Papers, when Sam Weller said to Mr. Pickwick, "Don't you know what a sawbones is, sir? . . . I thought everybody know'd as a sawbones was a surgeon." By the late 19th century, the word had also been used by authors such as H. G. Wells and Mark Twain and was well established in English. Nineteenth-century surgeons used saws to perform amputations, and the word "sawbones" was associated with unskillful hacking. Mercifully, medical technology has improved dramatically since then (the surgical saws used in procedures today are a far cry from the primitive tools of yesteryear), but the word "sawbones" is still used, often in a humorous context. My sentence: Before going in for his appendectomy, Uncle George jokingly wondered aloud how much blood he'd have left after the old sawbones had sewn him back up. Based on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 10th Edition. Next sentence?