phrenologist
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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I don’t want to offend any of my phrenologist customers.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 8, 2017
Dreams were part of Kroc’s DNA and, according to at least one prophetic phrenologist, food was too.
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2017
The phrenologist who testified on Major Mitchell’s behalf certainly didn’t know something that neuroscientists are only now beginning to recognize.
From Slate ● Dec. 16, 2015
The phrenologist has been identified as J De Ville, whose consulting rooms were in the Strand in London.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2014
A local phrenologist was in one corner measuring a girl’s skull and preparing to read her character from his findings.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
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