quack|sal|ver

quack|sal|ver
quack|sal|ver «KWAK sal vuhr», noun.
1. a quack doctor.
2. a quack; charlatan: »

Brother Zeal-of-the-land is no vulgar impostor, no mere religious quacksalver (Algernon Charles Swinburne).

[< earlier Dutch quacksalver (literally) a hawker of salve < quacken, kwakken boast of, quack + salf salve]

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