pill-peddler
pill peddler
slang Someone, especially a medical doctor, who is authorized to prescribe medication. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. Being a psychiatrist is about a whole lot more than being a pill peddler—medication should be the very last resort when treating a patient. You shouldn't go to some pill peddler every time you have a cough. You're body doesn't need all those drugs in it.
See also: peddler, pill
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
pill-peddler
verbSee pill-pusher
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- pill peddler
- pill pusher
- pill roller
- pill-pusher
- pill-roller
- chip
- chips
- up on (one's) ear
- one of the boys
- one of the lads