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Snake oil

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Definitionen

1.NounA fraudulent, ineffective potion or nostrum; panacea.
2.NounA traditional Chinese medicine used to treat joint pain.
3.NounA 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.
4.NounAny product with exaggerated marketing but questionable or unverifiable quality.
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