Meaning Of The Word Mountebank
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Mountebank Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Mountebank?
mountebank in American English
a person who mounted a bench, or platform, in a public place and sold quack medicines, usually attracting an audience by tricks, stories, etc. to act as a mountebank intransitive verb: to act or operate as a mountebank noun: a person who sells quack medicines, as from a platform in public places, attracting and influencing an audience by tricks, storytelling, etc mountebank in British English noun: (formerly) a person who sold quack medicines in public places verb: to play the mountebank |
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