headshrinker
Americannoun
noun
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Often shortened to: shrink. slang a psychoanalyst
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a head-hunter who shrinks the heads of his victims
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 Robert Donald Locke
Seems the brass are holding you for observation until some headshrinker gets in from HQ.
From Next Door, Next World by Robert Donald Locke
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