quacksalver
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.quack·sal·ver
noun \ˈkwak-ˌsal-vər\Definition of QUACKSALVER
Examples of QUACKSALVER
- <the medical impostors on the information superhighway are no more scrupulous than earlier quacksalvers who traveled along the streets of towns and villages>
Origin of QUACKSALVER
obsolete Dutch (now kwakzalver)
First Known Use: 1579
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