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    Why are fake doctors called 'quack doctors'?

    Question #29522. Asked by mariah2001.

    Tabby Tom

    'Quack' in this sense is a contraction of the original quacksalver. According to the Oxford English Dictionary and Chambers, this word was borrowed from the Dutch, and probably implies a person who quacks about his salves (i.e. remedies).

    Mar 11 03, 6:39 AM
    Friar Tuck

    An answer supported by Brewer's Phrase and Fable and definitely not because they treat people's supposed 'mallardies'?

    Mar 11 03, 10:25 AM

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