quack remedy
Example Sentences
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The once blithe-hearted and enlightened Gertrude was changing into an irritable, superstitious woman, whose whole time was given to experimenting upon her ailment with every quack remedy she came across.
From Wessex Tales by Hardy, Thomas
The principle I now urge is the old one, namely, that the usual mark of a quack remedy is the neglect of the moral aspect of a question.
From Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2) Addresses to Ethical Societies by Stephen, Leslie, Sir
Nostrum meant our own, then a medicine not known by other physicians, then a quack remedy.
From The Century Vocabulary Builder by Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris)
One must create an impression, if only with a quack remedy.
From The Seven Secrets by Le Queux, William
For going from one quack remedy to another?
From Septimus by Locke, William John
