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headshrinker

American  
[hed-shring-ker] / ˈhɛdˌʃrɪŋ kər /

noun

Slang.

  1. shrink.

headshrinker British  
/ ˈhɛdˌʃrɪŋkə /

noun

  1. Often shortened to: shrink.  slang a psychoanalyst

  2. a head-hunter who shrinks the heads of his victims

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Etymology

Origin of headshrinker

An Americanism dating back to 1945–50; head + shrink + -er 1

Example Sentences

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Baring his troubles to an absorbed audience, Paar for three days turned 25 million people into one agglomerate headshrinker.

From Time Magazine Archive

“You think you’re the perfect headshrinker with all those psychology books you read, and you really don’t know a thing.”

From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel

Then, he'd meekly surrender and quietly go crazy in his cell, until the headshrinker came and confirmed it for real.

From Next Door, Next World by Locke, Robert Donald

Seems the brass are holding you for observation until some headshrinker gets in from HQ.

From Next Door, Next World by Locke, Robert Donald

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