noun
General Slang
baby catcher
· noun · medical
An obstetrician — or anyone whose job is catching the kid on the way out.
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Affectionate hospital slang for an obstetrician. Strips the Latin off the job title and tells you exactly what they do: stand at the business end and catch. Also stretches to midwives and, in a pinch, the L&D nurse who ends up with the baby in her arms when the doc's hands are full.
“Twenty years a baby catcher and she still grins every time.”
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baby catcher In A Sentence
Twenty years a baby catcher and she still grins every time.
Origin & Usage
American medical slang, attested in print at least as far back as 1888 (Indiana Weekly Messenger).
Variants
baby-catcher
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