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Meaning: (idiomatic)pluralofthe good doctor.Anhonorificfor a group ofdoctors, especially for a group ofdoctorsofmedicine(physicians).1882, Inde (June 1882), "The letter “S”; or, The Jocelyn sin", chapters 5–8,Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly13(6):705–718, page 708:“The good doctorstell us he is better of the wound,” resumed the mother.2012, Rupal Parekh (13 August 2012),Rewind: 1949 cigarette spot declares ‘Doctors smoke Camels’,Advertising Age(retrieved 2017-10-24;archivedfrom the original 2017-07-01):According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine, in reality, this “independent” surveying was conducted by R.J. Reynolds’ ad agency, the William Esty Co., who would send staff to query physicians about their smoking habits at medical conferences and in their offices. They’d ask about their cigarette brand of choice, most of the time, after just having providedthe good doctorswith free cartons of Camels.2013, Enrico Gnaulati (21 September 2013), "That’s not autism: It’s simply a brainy, introverted boy",Salon(retrieved 2017-10-23;archivedfrom the original 2017-08-13):With all respect tothe good doctorsat the university-based institute who evaluated him, they were not up on the literature on mental giftedness.
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