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bone-saw (person)
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by
futurebird
Sat Mar 10 2001 at 18:38:13
Slang
A term dating back to the
American
Civil War
that refers to
doctor
s, and
medic
s. Used since, in many cases, the most a doctor could do in those days was
amputate
the
injured
limb
using a big
bloody
saw
.
See also
Sawbones
.
Sawbones
Civil War
doctor
bloody