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Saltimbanco

//sæltɪmˈbæŋkəʊ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A quack doctor, a fraud.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian saltimbanco. Used thus in English because of the association with street performers, seen by the settled population in English-speaking culture as not to be trusted. A more usual and more accurate English word, derived from similar sources, is mountebank.

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