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Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Mountebank
"
Mountebank
" comes from the
Italian
montambanco
or
montimbanco
based on the phrase
monta in banco
- literally referring to the action of a seller of dubious medicines getting up on a bench to address his audience of potential customers.
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