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| moun·te·bank [ mówntə bàngk ] (plural moun·te·banks) |
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1. deceiver: somebody who deceives other people
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2. fake healer: formerly, somebody who sold ineffective medicines in public places
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| [Late 16th century. < Italian montambanco< monta in banco (command) "get up onto the bench"; from the quacks' practice of selling goods from a platform] |
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 moun·te·bank·er·y noun |
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