quacksalver
[ kwak-sal-ver ]
/ Ë?kwækËŒsæl vÉ™r /
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noun
a quack doctor.
a charlatan.
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How to use quacksalver in a sentence
Francis Quicksilver, would God thou hadst turned quacksalver, rather than run into these dissolute and lewd courses!
The Works of John Marston|John MarstonI have done ill to unbosom myself so far to this poisonous quacksalver.
The Fair Maid of Perth|Sir Walter ScottAm I not yclept quacksalver by those that come not near me, and wizard by those I heal?
The Cloister and the Hearth|Charles Reade
British Dictionary definitions for quacksalver
Word Origin for quacksalver
C16: from Dutch, from quack, apparently: to hawk + salf salve 1
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