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quack
noun- a doctor of medicine AUSTRALIA, 1919
Following an earlier (mid-C17) sense as “a pretended doctor”, abbreviated from “quacksalver” (one who sells his salves by noisy patter or “quacking”). The current sense, spread through military use, does not imply any lack of qualification or a degree of salesmanship. - Would you mind telling me why you called that old quack? — Max Shulman, Rally Round the Flag, Boys!, p. 142, 1957
- When the last one had been in to see the quack the screw came out and told us to file back into the reception room. — Frank Norman, Bang To Rights, p. 13, 1958
- TRAPPER: But weren’t you supposed to meet the surgeons who are going to slice up the Congressman’s son? GORMAN: You guys are the quacks? — M*A*S*H, 1970
- [S]ome pom [British] quack reckons I got you up the spout [pregnant][.] — Barry Humphries, Bazza Pulls It Off!, 1971
- On Saturday morning Paul was telling them about what happened at the quack’s. — Bluey, “Bush Contractors”, p. 144, 1975
- No, no, the doctor says I should walk and I had some shopping. Not that that quack knows what he’s talking about. — Body Heat, 1980
- You can pop along to the quack and he’ll give you a script for Prozac, or whatever. — Kevin Sampson, Powder, p. 117, 1999
- a hospital patient who feigns symptoms in order to receive attention, prescription medication or both US
- — Maledicta, p. 6, Summer/Winter 1978: “Common patient-directed pejoratives used by medical personnel”
- — Sally Williams, “Strong” Words: Medical Slang (Dissertation), p. 157, 1994
- in poker, a player who complains loudly when losing US
- — John Scarne, Scarne’s Guide to Modern Poker, p. 288, 1979
- the recreational drug methaqualone, best known as Quaaludes US
- By 1972 it was one of the most popular drugs of abuse in the United States and was known as “love drug”, “heroin for lovers”, “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”, “sopors”, “sopes”, “ludes”, “mandrakes and quacks”. — Marilyn Carroll and Gary Gallo, Methaqualone, p. 18, 1985
- a firefighter US
New York police slang. - — Samuel M. Katz, Anytime Anywhere, p. 389, 1997: “The extremely unofficial and completely off-the-record NYPD/ESU truck-two glossary”
- a novice surfer US
- — Gary Fairmont R. Filosa II, The Surfer’s Almanac, p. 192, 1977
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