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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Italian
Origin: montimbanco, from monta in banco 'get on the bench'; because people selling things to the public stood on a raised surface

mountebank

 noun
     
moun‧te‧bank [countable] literary
a dishonest person who tricks and deceives people
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