SNAKE OIL


Meaning of SNAKE OIL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1917

1. : any of various substances or mixtures sold (as by a traveling medicine show) as medicine usually without regard to their medical worth or properties

2. : poppycock , bunkum

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.