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  • noun One who is not a dentist.

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non- +‎ dentist

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Examples

  • In addition to numerous killings, beatings, stompings, stabbings, slicings, an aural piercing (with chopsticks) and an oral devastation (with a dental drill wielded by a nondentist), Takeshi Kitano's intricately choreographed saga of yakuza warfare features several digital mutilations—digital because they involve fingertips.

    'Shame': Tracking The Travails of Lost Souls Joe Morgenstern 2011

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