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quacksalver [ˈkwækˌsælvə] n (Medicine) an archaic word for quack2 [from Dutch, from quack, apparently: to hawk + salf salve1] Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The 16th century name quacksalver - a peddler of fake medicines - is the origin of the word quack as a derogatory term for a dodgy doctor. Butterworth's close analysis of language also suggests that the vocabulary of the juggler often emerges in the period like a lawyer joke; that is to say, the magician's image and art can be used to insult not only a pickpocket, a card-sharp, a dice player, a fortuneteller, a charlatan, a mountebank, a quacksalver, and a witch, but also a would-be lover, a Catholic priest, and yes, even a lawyer. 10) At the market cross one might see the traveling duo of Banks and his famous horse, newly returned from Italy (reports of their deaths by fire for sorcery in Rome having proved premature), or thrill to the harangues of turbanned quacksalvers who might be anything from barbers, players, and peddlers to true exotics, "runagate Jews, the cut-throats and robbers of Christians," according to one hysterical citizen. |
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