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quackery


quack·ery

noun \ˈkwa-k(ə-)rē\

Definition of QUACKERY

: the practices or pretensions of a quack

Examples of QUACKERY

  1. His cure was nothing but quackery.

First Known Use of QUACKERY

circa 1711

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