play doctor

nounTheater.

a person, usually a professional playwright, employed to improve a script, especially shortly before the play's opening.

Origin of play doctor

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First recorded in 1920–25

Words Nearby play doctor

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How to use play doctor in a sentence

There is no cure for Mignon, stated Jerry shortly, and this is the last time Ill help play doctor.
Marjorie Dean High School Senior | Pauline Lester
And when you unearth her family skeleton may I go along and play doctor Watson?
The Automobile Girls at Palm Beach | Laura Dent Crane

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