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Definition of Quacksalvers
1. quacksalver [n] - See also: quacksalver
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quacksalvers
Literary usage of Quacksalvers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Letters of Charles Samuel Keene by George Somes Layard (1892)
"—Bagpipe contest.—Letter, October 6, 1877.—Letter, November 9, 1877.—Member
of "The Anti-Restoration Society."—Hatred of "quacksalvers. ..."
2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1906)
"As to the first purpose, it appears on the face of the papers that the allegation
as made places the plaintiff in the category of the "quacksalvers. ..."
3. The Works of John Marston by John Marston (1856)
"Gentlemen, I conjure you ; vertues of men ! . Shall my broken quacksalvers bastard
oppose him e in my nuptials ? No; but He show him better . then ere the ..."
4. Sir Thomas Browne's Works: Including His Life and Correspondence by Thomas Browne, Simon Wilkin (1835)
"... quacksalvers,7 and charlatans, deceive them in lower degrees. Were ^Esop alive,
the Piazza and Pont- Neuf * could not but speak their fallacies.8 ..."
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