Saltimbanco /(?)/

Sal·tim·ban·co

Saltimbanco

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.]
Saltimbancos, quacksalvers, and charlatans.
— Sir T. Browne.

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