Phrase guide
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noun
A fraudulent, ineffective potion or nostrum; panacea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, uncountable
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noun
A traditional Chinese medicine used to treat joint pain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
A type of 19th-century patent medicine sold in the United States that claimed to contain snake fat, supposedly a Native American remedy for various ailments.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Any product with exaggerated marketing but questionable or unverifiable quality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, uncountable
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noun
communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: humbug
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Broader terms: misrepresentation, deceit, deception
noun
(medicine) any of various liquids sold as medicine (as by a travelling medicine show) but medically worthless
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: liquid
History
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Across languages
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
