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NOSTRUMS
Noun
nostrums
plural of nostrum
Source: Wiktionary
NOSTRUM
Nos"trum n.; pl. Nostrums. Etym: [Neut. sing. of L. noster ours, fr. nos we. See Us.]
1. A medicine, the ingredients of which are kept secret for the purpose of restricting the profits of sale to the inventor or proprietor; a quack medicine.
2. Any scheme or device proposed by a quack. The incentives of agitators, the arts of impostors and the nostrums of quacks. Brougham.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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