cure-all

cure-all

[kyoor-awl]
noun

Origin:
1785–95

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cure-all
 
n
something reputed to cure all ailments

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Cure-all is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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cure-all (ky&oobreve;r'ôl')
n.
A remedy that cures all diseases or evils; a panacea.

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