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Mountebank

One who mounts a bench or stage in the market or other public place, boasts of his skill in curing diseases, and vends medicines which he pretends are infalliable remedies; a quack doctor.

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Beguiler 76% connected

One who, or that which, beguiles.

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Cheat 76% connected

An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.

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Cheater 76% connected

One who cheats.

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Deceiver 76% connected

One who deceives; one who leads into error; a cheat; an impostor.

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Slicker 76% connected

That which makes smooth or sleek.

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Trickster 76% connected

One who tricks; a deceiver; a tricker; a cheat.

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Craniologist 76% connected

One proficient in craniology; a phrenologist.

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Phrenologist 76% connected

One versed in phrenology; a craniologist.

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Quack 76% connected

To utter a sound like the cry of a duck.

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Charlatan 92% connected

One who prates much in his own favor, and makes unwarrantable pretensions; a quack; an impostor; an empiric; a mountebank.

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