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    mountebank

    mountebank - Dictionary definition and meaning for word mountebank

    Definition
    (noun) a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes
    Synonyms : charlatan
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for mountebank

mountebank can be broken as mouth+bank=person whose mouth is a bank of words....who is extremely boastful and pretentious...

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"I have a bank built over on a mountain" "what a mountebank"

when u read bank.. think of a bank robbery.. n to carry out a robbery need to disguise as a quack (charlatan)

person who BOASTS that he has been to MOUNTains and BANKs of many rivers etc.

person who says he owns a bank on a distant mountain is obviously montebanking

U.S. BANKS swindled and deceived the world into buying worthless, mortgage-backed securities. Then they went to Capitol HILL (like MOUNTain) to get a $700 Billion bailout.

votebank politics means complete deception, as we see these days.. mountebank is similar

MOUNTEBANK-MOUNT+BANK PERSONS WHO DECEIVES SAYING THAT MOUNTAIN(MOUNT) IS FULL OF MONEY(BANK)

Mountebank was a quack doctor who used to mount a Bank (Bench in past) and sell his magical medicines.

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