| 单词 | doctors and nurses |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdoctors and nurses (also patients) P4. doctors and nurses (also patients) and variants: (the name of) a children's game in which the participants pretend to be doctors and nurses (or patients) and act out imagined medical scenarios; esp. such a game involving the participants exposing their genitals; hence in allusive use with reference to sexual role play between adults. Cf. sense 6e.In quot. 1863, and some other uses with play, the reference appears to be to the roles played rather than the name of a game; cf. play v. 13d. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] rosy apple1882 doctors and nurses (also patients)1906 doctor1918 knock down ginger1959 rat-a-tat ginger1959 riprap1959 rat-tat ginger1962 1863 Evening Mail 20 May 3/6 A group of little urchins, playing at doctor and patient.] 1906 F. P. Stearns Life & Genius N. Hawthorne x. 218 His two children playing a serio-comic game of doctor and patient, in the adjoining room. 2000 I. Pattison Stranger here Myself (2001) ii. 66 Boys at school made reference to their sexual experimentation with their sisters, Doctors and Nurses and such. 2006 Guardian 17 June (Guide Suppl.) 50/4 (advt.) F profess,..complementary health therapist..WLTM warm & sensual F to play ‘doctors & nurses’ with. < as lemmas |
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