sawbones

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.63 in modern English

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noun

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""That is wicked, or rather, villainous: Queen Madásima was a very distinguished lady, and it should not be assumed that so high a princess would become the paramour of a sawbones or a quack, and whoever believes the contrary is lying, like the base scoundrel he is."

From saw + bones.

sawboneses (plural)

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