Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A probang with a special device at the end, designed to hook under a coin or other similar object lodged in the esophagus, and so draw it out.
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Examples
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In emergencies a loop of stout silver wire bent so as to form a hook makes an excellent substitute for a coin-catcher.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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Coins usually lodge edgewise in the œsophagus, and are best removed by means of an instrument known as a "coin-catcher", which is passed beyond the coin, and on being withdrawn catches it in a hinged flange.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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