snake oil
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nounDefinition of SNAKE OIL
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: any of various substances or mixtures sold (as by a traveling medicine show) as medicine usually without regard to their medical worth or properties
See First Known Use of SNAKE OIL
1917
snake oil
noun (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of SNAKE OIL
: any of various substances or mixtures sold (as by a traveling medicine show) as medicine usually without having had the claims of their medical worth or properties substantiated by scientific tests
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