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angel maker

noun — 2 senses

angel maker

noun
1

Euphemistic, Historical An illicit abortionist.

2

Euphemistic, Historical A person who took in unwanted children and usually mistreated them.

  • But the angel maker usually mistreated the child, giving it almost no food […]1994, Bill Rolston, Anna Eggert, Abortion in the New Europe: A Comparative Handbook, page 237:
  • When her mother left to the angel maker, she said goodbye as if she would never return.2020, Ana Cravid, What If You Had Been Aborted?, page 15:

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