medical Greek

noun

The English slang once used by medical students in London hospitals, involving deliberate spoonerisms.

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nounmedical Greek (uncountable)
  1. UKhistoricaluncountableThe English slang once used by medical students in London hospitals, involving deliberate spoonerisms.

    Their form is like the "Medical Greek" of London medical students, who "poke a smipe" instead of smoking a pipe, and take a "stint of pout" for a pint of stout.

    1898, The Pedagogical Seminary, volume 5, page 375
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