Brewer's: Surgeon

is the Greek form of the Latin word manufacturer. The former is cheir-ergein (to work with the hand), and the latter manu-facere (to do or make with the hand).

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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