2. Verb. (third-person singular of mountebank) ¹
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Definition of Mountebanks
1. mountebank [v] - See also: mountebank
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mountebanks
Literary usage of Mountebanks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Zigzag Journeys in Classic Lands; Or, Tommy Toby's Trip to Mount Parnassus by Hezekiah Butterworth (1880)
"And at Rome you would see splendid churches, palaces, and pictures; grand ruins
of the crumbled ITALIAN mountebanks. empire 'that once ruled the world, ..."
2. Belden, the White Chief: Or, Twelve Years Among the Wild Indians of the Plains by George Pfauts Belden (1875)
"First, let me tell you, that any tricks of a marvelous nature, such as practiced
by mountebanks or jug- \ glers, are always very attractive to Indians, ..."
3. Daniel Defoe: His Life and Recently Discovered Writings: Extending from 1716 by Lee, William, Daniel Defoe (1869)
"Journalists, like mountebanks, profess to Benefit the Public. AJ, Nov. 27.—Sir,
We that print Publick Papers, ought, like Quack-Doctors, always to act ..."
4. The Commedia Dell'arte: A Study in Italian Popular Comedy by Winifred Smith (1912)
"Did your instructor In the dear tongues, never discourse to you Of the Italian
mountebanks? . . . Here you shall see one. Per. ..."
5. Zigzag Journeys in Classic Lands; Or, Tommy Toby's Trip to Mount Parnassus by Hezekiah Butterworth (1880)
"And at Rome you would see splendid churches, palaces, and pictures; grand ruins
of the crumbled ITALIAN mountebanks. empire 'that once ruled the world, ..."
6. Belden, the White Chief: Or, Twelve Years Among the Wild Indians of the Plains by George Pfauts Belden (1875)
"First, let me tell you, that any tricks of a marvelous nature, such as practiced
by mountebanks or jug- \ glers, are always very attractive to Indians, ..."
7. Daniel Defoe: His Life and Recently Discovered Writings: Extending from 1716 by Lee, William, Daniel Defoe (1869)
"Journalists, like mountebanks, profess to Benefit the Public. AJ, Nov. 27.—Sir,
We that print Publick Papers, ought, like Quack-Doctors, always to act ..."
8. The Commedia Dell'arte: A Study in Italian Popular Comedy by Winifred Smith (1912)
"Did your instructor In the dear tongues, never discourse to you Of the Italian
mountebanks? . . . Here you shall see one. Per. ..."
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