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mountebank
noun
- Archaic a person who mounted a bench, or platform, in a public place and sold quack medicines, usually attracting an audience by tricks, stories, etc.
- any charlatan, or quack
intransitive verb
to act as a mountebank
Related Forms:
- mountebankery noun
See mountebank in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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