mountebank
51Mountebankery — Mount e*bank er*y, n. The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses. [1913 Webster] …
52Mountebankish — Mount e*bank ish, a. Like a mountebank or his quackery. Howell. [1913 Webster] …
53Mountebankism — Mount e*bank*ism, n. The practices of a mountebank; mountebankery. [1913 Webster] …
54Quacksalver — Quack sal*ver, n. [D. kwakzalver; cf. kwakzalven to quack or boast of one s salves. See {Quack}, {Salve}, n.] One who boasts of his skill in medicines and salves, or of the efficacy of his prescriptions; a charlatan; a quack; a mountebank. [Obs.] …
55Saltimbanco — Sal tim*ban co, n. [It., literally, one who leaps or mounts upon a bench; saltare to leap + in in, upon + banco a bench.] A mountebank; a quack. [Obs.] [Written also {santinbanco}.] [1913 Webster] Saltimbancos, quacksalvers, and charlatans. Sir T …
56santinbanco — Saltimbanco Sal tim*ban co, n. [It., literally, one who leaps or mounts upon a bench; saltare to leap + in in, upon + banco a bench.] A mountebank; a quack. [Obs.] [Written also {santinbanco}.] [1913 Webster] Saltimbancos, quacksalvers, and… …
57operator — noun Date: 1611 1. one that operates: as a. one that operates a machine or device b. one that operates a business c. one that performs surgical operations d. one that deals in stocks or commodities 2. a. mountebank, fraud b. a shrewd and skillful …
58mountebankery — noun see mountebank I …
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60Jorge Luis Borges — Infobox Writer name = Jorge Luis Borges birthname = Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges birthdate = birth date|df=yes|1899|8|24 birthplace = Buenos Aires, Argentina deathdate = death date and age|df=yes|1986|6|14|1899|8|24 deathplace = Geneva,… …