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mountebank




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mountebank
     1. n. One who sells dubious medicines.
     2. n. One who sells by deception; a con artist; a charlatan.
     3. v. (intransitive) To act as a mountebank.
     4. v. To cheat by boasting and false pretenses.
           Chide me no more. I'll mountebank their loves,Cog their hearts from them, and come home beloved - Coriolanus, Wm. Shakespeare



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