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▪ I. quackery1|ˈkwækərɪ|
[f. quack n.1 + -ery.]
The characteristic practices or methods of a quack; charlatanry.
1709–11J. Spinke (title) Quackery Unmask'd. 1717Lady M. W. Montagu Let. to Abbé Conti 1 Apr., I know you Condemn the quackery..as much as you revere the..truths, in which we both agree. 1798Trans. Soc. Arts XVI. 190 All the nostrums offered..are mere quackery. 1840Carlyle Heroes (1858) 187 Quackery and dupery do abound; in religions..they have fearfully abounded. 1874Mahaffy Soc. Life Greece ix. 273 The old quackery of charms and incantations. 1885Contemp. Rev. June 908 Theosophy [is]..one of the least interesting of spiritual quackeries.
▪ II. quackery2 nonce-wd.|ˈkwækərɪ|
[f. quack v.2 + -ery.]
The quacking of a number of ducks.
1828J. Wilson in Blackw. Mag. XXIV. 293 A sort of low, thick, gurling,..nor unmusical quackery. 1831Ibid. XXX. 966 The quackery of a startled storm of wild ducks. |