Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One whose occupation is to set broken and dislocated bones; one who has a knack at setting bones: generally applied to one who is not a regularly qualified surgeon.
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Examples
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Without sufficient coin to purchase a fresh mount, the transaction theft had taken more time than he would have liked, and the new horse itself had proved to be the veriest bone-setter.
Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010
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Without sufficient coin to purchase a fresh mount, the transaction theft had taken more time than he would have liked, and the new horse itself had proved to be the veriest bone-setter.
Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010
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Night fell and it got dark with tropical quickness just as I was dropped off in a real VW bug at the bone-setter/massage man's home.
Massage Exchange With A Traditional Maya Massage Therapist 2005
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The dueña introduced me to Don Estavo, her husband, the bone-setter and massage giver.
Massage Exchange With A Traditional Maya Massage Therapist 2005
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Night fell and it got dark with tropical quickness just as I was dropped off in a real VW bug at the bone-setter/massage man's home.
Massage Exchange With A Traditional Maya Massage Therapist 2005
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The dueña introduced me to Don Estavo, her husband, the bone-setter and massage giver.
Massage Exchange With A Traditional Maya Massage Therapist 2005
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The next day a bone-setter, one of the black-smiths, set his shoulder, and he used it as though nothing had been the matter.
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Mrs. Mapp, the bone-setter, cured many patients that were never diseased.
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He had been injured by his nervous horse, he explained to the bone-setter.
The Bonesetter's Daughter TAN, Amy 2001
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There was an enclosed sedan chair for the bride herself, and the bone-setter also had to hire four sedan carriers, two carters, a flute player, and two bodyguards to watch out for bandits.
The Bonesetter's Daughter TAN, Amy 2001
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