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The Britannica Dictionary snake oil 1 ENTRIES FOUND:

• snake oil (noun)

snake oil noun snake oil noun Britannica Dictionary definition of SNAKE OIL [noncount] chiefly US, informal + disapproving : something that is sold as medicine but that is not really useful or helpful in any way

• snake oil remedies

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• He thinks politicians are just a bunch of snake oil salesmen. [=dishonest people]

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