quack

• The term quack was fairly quickly expanded to include fraudulent "doctors" who advertised their ability to cure a wide variety of ailments but excelled only in relieving their patients of their wallets. —  The Word Detective
• The blinds went away as viksha called with ducks and quack-quack-quack on the flop as he hit deuces full of fives leaving flex212derde with a need for miracle running aces, jacks, or fives. —  PokerStars Poker Blog
• Most of our modern medicine and surgery was anticipated in the olden time; but it may be said that all of the modes of the quack are as old as humanity. —  Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages
• [610] The real word for a quack is hariolus_, and the fact that it is comparatively rare suggests that the character it expresses was not a common one. —  The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus
• Hence the term quack-salver was commonly used in the seventeenth century, signifying an ignorant person, who was wont to extol the curative virtues of his salves. —  Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery

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