单词 | prick farrier |
释义 | > as lemmasprick farrier prick farrier n. Services' slang a medical officer. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [noun] > military physician surgeon1591 medical officer1916 M.O.1916 quack1919 prick farrier1961 1961 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 1232/1 Prick(-)farrier, a medical officer: R.A.F. regulars': since ca. 1928. 1971 S. Kerry Doctor's Cabin iv. 48 ‘Meet Doc Kerry, our prick farrier.’ They both laughed. ‘No offence meant,’ said Johnny. ‘It's just a vulgar Naval term for a surgeon.’ < as lemmas |
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