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mountebank

Quacksalber

mountebank noun

  /ˈmaʊntəˌbæŋk/
  • One who sells dubious medicines.
  • One who sells by deception; a con artist.
  • Any boastful, false pretender.
  • (obsolete) An acrobat.
der Scharlatan, der Spiegelfechter, der Bauernfänger
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