Crossword-Solution: SAWBONES 8 letters, 13 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 13

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Sawbones n. A nickname for a surgeon.

We have 13 clues for the answer “SAWBONES”

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Doctor,surgeon(collq) 1 answer
Hawkeye Pierce, e.g. 1 answer
Old nickname for a surgeon 1 answer
Surgeon (slang) 1 answer
Surgeon, in slang 1 answer
Surgeon, not so kindly 1 answer
Surgeon, slangily 1 answer
Surgeon, to a gangster 1 answer
Surgeon, unkindly 1 answer
Surgeon 5 answers
Medics 5 answers
Doc 6 answers
Medic 9 answers
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One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
REEAT
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greedy person
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Well, sir, he was like the rest of us; every time he looked at my prisoner, I saw that Sawbones turn sick and white with the desire to kill him.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson 1992
Potter took out a large spring-knife and cut off the dangling end of the rope and then said: “Now the cussed thing’s ready, Sawbones, and you’ll just out with another five, or here she stays.” “That’s the talk!” said Injun Joe.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) 1993
Make haste, pray.’ ‘Well, miss,’ said Sam, ‘he’s heerd all about it from him; and it’s the gov’nor’s opinion that if you don’t see him wery quick, the sawbones as we’ve been a-speakin’ on, ‘ull get as much extra lead in his head as’ll rayther damage the dewelopment o’ the orgins if they ever put it in spirits artervards.’ ‘Oh, what can I do to prevent these dreadful quarrels!’ exclaimed Arabella.
The Pickwick Papers Charles Dickens 2009
Master Ambroise Pare, who was the first to attempt the ligature of arteries, and who, having commenced his profession at a time when surgery was only performed by quack barbers, nevertheless succeeded in lifting the science to the high place it now occupies, was assailed in his old age by all the young sawbones’ apprentices.
The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard Anatole France 2000
What expressions to fall from two highly educated gentlemen! Slope--Potato-trap--Sawbones--Catlap--_je n'en finirais pas._” She then let them know that she meditated a “dictionary of jargon;” in hopes that its bulk might strike terror into honest citizens, and excite an anti-jargon league to save the English language, now on the verge of dissolution.
Hard Cash Charles Reade 2013
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Universal, USA TODAY, WP.

Used 16 times in crossword archives (1970–2019).