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moun•te•bank



Pronunciation: (moun'tu-bangk"), [key]
—n.
1. a person who sells quack medicines, as from a platform in public places, attracting and influencing an audience by tricks, storytelling, etc.
2. any charlatan or quack.

—v.i.
to act or operate as a mountebank.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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