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quack

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quack
Brit, Austral, and NZ informal a doctor; physician or surgeon


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She gathered together her quack periodicals and her quack medicines, and thus armed with death, went about on her pale horse, metaphorically speaking, with "hell following after.
Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context
From the selling of quack medicines he had proceeded to the adulterating of foreign wines, varied by lucrative evening occupation in the Paris gambling houses.
A Rogue's Life by Collins, Wilkie View in context
" said the Duck; "and that reminds me how hungry I feel": and she swam away down the stream, saying, "Quack, quack, quack.
The Happy Prince and Other Tales by Wilde, Oscar View in context
 
 
 
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