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quacksalver

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quack⋅sal⋅ver

  [kwak-sal-ver]
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–noun
1. a quack doctor.
2. a charlatan.
Origin:
1570–80; < early D (now kwakzalver); see quack 1 , salve, -er 1
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quack·sal·ver   (kwāk'sāl'vər)   
n.   Archaic
A quack or charlatan.

[Obsolete Dutch : Middle Dutch quac-, unguent, or quacken, to quack, boast + Middle Dutch salven, to salve.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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