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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)

MOUNTEBANK (Ital. montambanco, montimbanco, from montare, to climb up on, See also:
MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)
mount, and banco, See also:
BENCH (an O.E. and Eng. form of a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Bank, Dan. baenk and the Eng. doublet " bank ")
bench, cf. saltimbanco, an See also:
ACROBAT (Gr. ucpo0arsie, to walk on tiptoe)
acrobat' or dancer, one who dances or leaps on a bench) , a wandering See also:

JUGGLER (Lat. joculator, jester)

juggler, See also:

story-See also:

TELLER, WILHELM ABRAHAM (1734-1804)

teller, seller of See also:

QUACK

quack medicines, &c., who performs his entertainment on a See also:

PLATFORM (Fr. plateforme, i.e. ground plan)

platform or raised See also:

BENCH (an O.E. and Eng. form of a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Bank, Dan. baenk and the Eng. doublet " bank ")

bench, hence any See also:

CHARLATAN (Ital. ciarlatano, from ciarlare, to chatter)

charlatan or quack .

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