Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The resident physicians and surgeons in a hospital.
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Examples
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Oh Joy, himself a master of flowers, usually attended to that, or had his house-staff ably drilled to do it.
CHAPTER XXIV 2010
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Oh Joy, himself a master of flowers, usually attended to that, or had his house-staff ably drilled to do it.
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At last, after they had waited some time in a reception room a young member of the house-staff came in and looked an enquiry.
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Oh Joy, himself a master of flowers, usually attended to that, or had his house-staff ably drilled to do it.
The Little Lady of the Big House Jack London 1896
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The house-staff consisted of Jimmy Breen, a Chinese cook of the bony, tartar breed, sundry dogs, and a large bachelor cat that mooned about the empty piazzas.
The Desert and the Sown Mary Hallock Foote 1892
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It is a common occurrence that samples of proprietary medicines, foods, mineral waters, plasters, etc., etc. are sent to the hospital, or to members of the house-staff for 'trial,' whereupon the subsequent advertisements of the articles in question often assert that the latter are 'used in Bellevue
Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say Martha Meir Allen 1890
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My wife noticed that my house-staff years had taken a toll: when I wasn’t on call, I was asleep.
After the Diagnosis MD Julian Seifter 2010
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