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Snake oil

noun
Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

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.
5.verbTo dupe or con.

Synonyms

panaceaelixircure-allpanpharmaconwonder drugnostrumnostrum remediumbalm of gileadpseudo-medicinesuperpillmagic bulletelixir proprietatis
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