"Sawbones" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... meet with them, I doubt not," replied the young hunter, arranging the couch of the wounded man more comfortably. "I see that my soft one has bandaged you up, and she's better than the best o' sawbones at such work. I'll be able to make you more comfortable when we drive the ...
— The Prairie Chief • R.M. Ballantyne
... a dissipated, struggling young medical practitioner, who tries to establish a practice at Bristol, but without success. Sam Weller calls him "Mr. Sawbones."—C. Dickens, ...
— Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama - A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 • E. Cobham Brewer
... rational satisfaction. "Hullo," he said, when I told him my name. "So it's you, is it, Cumberledge?" He glanced at my card. "St. Nathaniel's Hospital! What rot! Why, blow me tight if you haven't turned sawbones!" ...
— Hilda Wade - A Woman With Tenacity Of Purpose • Grant Allen
... said Fred. "Webb's a d——d good shot in a gallery; but may be he won't allow for the wind on the sod; but it'll be as well to have the sawbones." ...
— The Macdermots of Ballycloran • Anthony Trollope
... doctor," said Clay cheerfully, "I may tell you that your unprofessional opinion is rot. Now, if I'd a brother sawbones here to perform amputation, I might have a chance—say, ...
— A Master of Fortune • Cutcliffe Hyne |
