[Ads-l] Pills, excrescent <-s> in nicknames addendum (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill CIV (US)]

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Found while searching for "doctor's nickname" in google books:

Bolus, short for diabolus
Cutlets
Extreme Unction


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> <Pills> nickname for aspiring pharmacist's mate on submarine USS
> Tigrone.
> Silent Service, season 1 episode 8, 6 May 1957, Tigrone Sets a Record,
> at 04.33.
> Slang term for his job title might have been <pill-roller>.
> Cf. Leonard H. <Bones> McCoy.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYHL4DK_2-M
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