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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| quacksalver |
| SYLLABICATION: | quack·sal·ver |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  kw k sl v r |
| NOUN: | Archaic A quack or charlatan. |
| ETYMOLOGY: | Obsolete Dutch : Middle Dutch quac-, unguent, or quacken, to quack, boast + Middle Dutch salven, to salve. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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