headshrinker
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headshrinker
(hĕd′shrĭng′kər)n.1. A headhunter who dries and shrinks the heads of enemies.
2. Slang A psychiatrist, especially a psychoanalyst.
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References in periodicals archive
The earliest example we have is from an article in Time in November 1950 to which an editor has helpfully added a footnote to say that
headshrinker was Hollywood jargon for a psychiatrist.
But she'd taken the card with the
headshrinker's phone number and slid it into a sewer grate.
The
headshrinker's arrival marked an impressive rise in standard from the side that finished bottom of the SPL last term.
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