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Webster 1913 Edition


Quackery

Quack′er-y

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Noun.
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pl.
Quackeries
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The acts, arts, or boastful pretensions of a quack; false pretensions to any art; empiricism.
Carlyle.

Webster 1828 Edition


Quackery

QUACK'ERY

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Noun.
The boastful pretensions or mean practice of an ignoramus, particularly in medicine; empiricism.