SNAKE OIL


Meaning of SNAKE OIL in English

noun

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

For all his odd and scary views, Buchanan has played the fear card like a snake oil salesman hawking eternal life.

Perhaps, when the shouting from snake oil salesmen subsides, our leaders will find a way to forge a bipartisan solution.

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