MOUNTEBANK
\mˈa͡ʊntɪbˌaŋk], \mˈaʊntɪbˌaŋk], \m_ˈaʊ_n_t_ɪ_b_ˌa_ŋ_k]\
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Any boastful or false pretender; a charlatan; a quack.
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To cheat by boasting and false pretenses; to gull.
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To play the mountebank.
By Oddity Software
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Any boastful or false pretender; a charlatan; a quack.
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To cheat by boasting and false pretenses; to gull.
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To play the mountebank.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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Theodore Tilton
- American journalist, verse-writer, editor, lecturer; born in New York city, Oct. 2, 1835. was long known as editor on the Independent(1856-72). established Golden Age(newspaper), but retired from it after two years. 1883 went abroad, where remained. Besides numerous essays fugitive pieces, he has published: "The Sexton's Tale, and Other Poems"(1867); "Sanctum Sanctorum; or, An Editor's Proof Sheets"(1869); "Tempest-Tossed", a romance(1873); "Thou I"(1880); "Suabian Stories",(1882). Died 1907.