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person who is passed back and forth, with nobody willing to look after them (e.g. a child of divorced parents) · (esp.) patient who gets shuttled from hospital to hospital, each of which refuses to admit the patient for treatment

Meanings

  1. person who is passed back and forth, with nobody willing to look after them (e.g. a child of divorced parents)
  2. (esp.) patient who gets shuttled from hospital to hospital, each of which refuses to admit the patient for treatment

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