lint-scraper n.
a junior surgeon.
Mayor of Garrat in Works (1799) I 162: Dramatis Personae, Lint, a surgeon. | ||
Lovel the Widower 216: If Miss Prior [...] prefers this lint-scraper to me, ought I to baulk at her? | ||
Sl. Dict. | ||
Aus. Sl. Dict. 45: Lint Scraper, a young surgeon. |