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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 939 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MOUNTEBANK (Ital. montambanco, montimbanco, from montare, to climb up on, See also:mount, and banco, See also:bench, cf. saltimbanco, an See also:acrobat' or dancer, one who dances or leaps on a bench) , a wandering See also:juggler, See also:story-See also:teller, seller of See also:quack medicines, &c., who performs his entertainment on a See also:platform or raised bench, hence any See also:charlatan or quack.

End of Article: MOUNTEBANK (Ital. montambanco, montimbanco, from montare, to climb up on, mount, and banco, bench, cf. saltimbanco, an acrobat' or dancer, one who dances or leaps on a bench)

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