Mountebank Mnemonic
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mountebank
mountebank
/ˈmaʊntəˌbæŋk/
Examples
- A Mountebank has quite a different connotation than that of a Charlatan.
- The mountebank quickened his footsteps.
- Flintoff was also taken to another mountebank.
- The two children are eventually taken in by a mountebank.
- Swindlers and mountebanks throng hither, adroit thieves creep stealthily about, all Indian customs and fashions are represented, all castes jostle each other.
- He professes early on to possess the skills of a mountebank.
- The two children are eventually taken in by Ursus, a mountebank.
- The comedy features a mountebank and his clownish assistant, and their victims.
- There were a lot of people gathered around some mountebanks.
- The mountebank has long fallen from his former high estate.
a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes
noun
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A mountain climber's bank account does not grow as he only sells dubious medicine on mountains.
"Mount + Bank. He climbs a fake hill, a trickster at the bank."
"Mount + Bank. He climbs a bank pretending to deposit, but he's a fraud."
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