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Meaning of knivesman | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Examples

“Extirpation of such growths has been repeatedly attempted, but the patients, almost without exception, have perished from hæmorrhage, under the hands of the knivesmen.”
“A pus case that actually threatens neighboring parts should have interference—the abscess to be opened when ripe. However, I do not trust the judgment of a knivesman in making decisions, because he is one-sided. He has neither patience nor belief in medicine.”
“He paid no attention to the Shin Bet man but rapped on the counter, bought a hundred grams for himself and then started down past the butcher shops, peering inside to watch as the dexterous knivesmen stripped carcasses to make schnitzel shel hodu—turkey cutlets.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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