quack remedy
Example Sentences
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It is a quack remedy; no M. D. prescribes it.
From Love Me Little, Love Me Long by Reade, Charles
The principle I now urge is the old one, namely, that the usual mark of a quack remedy is the neglect of the moral aspect of a question.
From Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2) Addresses to Ethical Societies by Stephen, Leslie, Sir
The once blithe-hearted and enlightened Gertrude was changing into an irritable, superstitious woman, whose whole time was given to experimenting upon her ailment with every quack remedy she came across.
From Wessex Tales by Hardy, Thomas
Means to enforce and carry out the Constitution ought not to be ridiculed by calling it a quack remedy.
From Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02 by Nicolay, John George
One must create an impression, if only with a quack remedy.
From The Seven Secrets by Le Queux, William
