St. Elsewhere

proper noun

A low-quality hospital to which patients rejected from better hospitals are referred.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A low-quality hospital to which patients rejected from better hospitals are referred.
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    I am not at work today because I am supposedly recovering from minor surgery. I'm a little old to be asking my mother for a ride to the hospital, and since this surgery involved several trips to various St. Elsewhere types, it required a time commitment I could not very well ask of even my closest friends.

    1987 February 8, Robert Storen, “On Being Cozy with Mister Right”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 29, page 12
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APA

St. Elsewhere. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/St.%20Elsewhere

MLA

“St. Elsewhere.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/St.%20Elsewhere. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “St. Elsewhere,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/St.%20Elsewhere.

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