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meatball surgery

noun

Etymology

Coined or popularised by Richard Hooker in the novel MASH (1968).

Definitions

  1. Surgery performed rapidly in a military field hospital to stabilize the patient as…

    Surgery performed rapidly in a military field hospital to stabilize the patient as quickly as possible.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see meatball, surgery.

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