Saltimbanco

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Saltimbanco \Sal`tim*ban"co\, n. [It., literally, one who leaps
     or mounts upon a bench; saltare to leap + in in, upon + banco
     a bench.]
     A mountebank; a quack. [Obs.] [Written also {santinbanco}.]
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           Saltimbancos, quacksalvers, and charlatans. --Sir T.
                                                    Browne.
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