gas-passer

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  1. n.
    a jocular nickname for an anesthetist. (Hospitals.) : My gosh! The gas-passer charged almost as much as the surgeon.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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