English search results for: snake oil
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noun
Definitions:
- meteor resembling a dart in flight
- quick-darting snake (L+S)
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)