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snake oil

noun

Definitions

  1. A fraudulent, ineffective potion or nostrum

    A fraudulent, ineffective potion or nostrum; panacea.

  2. A traditional Chinese medicine used to treat joint pain.

  3. A type of 19th-century patent medicine sold in the United States that claimed to contain…

    A type of 19th-century patent medicine sold in the United States that claimed to contain snake fat, supposedly a Native American remedy for various ailments.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Any product with exaggerated marketing but questionable or unverifiable quality.

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