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headshrinker
[ hed-shring-ker ]
headshrinker
/ ˈhɛdˌʃrɪŋkə /
noun
- slang.a psychoanalyst Often shortened toshrink
- a head-hunter who shrinks the heads of his victims
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Origin of headshrinker1
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Example Sentences
If he could get to a doctor, a headshrinker, it might all be ironed out.
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Then, he'd meekly surrender and quietly go crazy in his cell, until the headshrinker came and confirmed it for real.
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Seems the brass are holding you for observation until some headshrinker gets in from HQ.
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You're a headshrinker, Jack—why do so many minds cling to unreason with such a sullen fury?
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