John Wayne contract
n.— «Previously GPs had what was known as the John Wayne contract, which meant whatever the hour, “a GP’s gotta do what a GP’s gotta do.”» —“What happened to the Saturday surgery?” by Simon Cox, Richard Vadon BBC News (United Kingdom) Jan. 31, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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