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St. Elsewhere
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English
Proper noun
St. Elsewhere
A low-quality hospital to which patients rejected from better hospitals are referred.
en 8 Feb 87 14 29 Gay Community News 12 On Being Cozy with Mister Right Robert Storen I am not at work today because I am supposedly recovering from minor surgery. I'm a little old to be asking my mother for a ride to the hospital, and since this surgery involved several trips to various St. Elsewhere types, it required a time commitment I could not very well ask of even my closest friends.