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mountebank

moun·te·bank [ mówntə bàngk ] (plural moun·te·banks)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. deceiver: somebody who deceives other people

2. fake healer: formerly, somebody who sold ineffective medicines in public places

[Late 16th century. < Italian montambanco< monta in banco (command) "get up onto the bench"; from the quacks' practice of selling goods from a platform]

moun·te·bank·er·y noun
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