Times Independent | 1933-06-08 | Page 2 | Word with a Past |

Type	issue
Date	1933-06-08
Paper	Times Independent
Language	eng
City	Moab
County	Grand
Rights	No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Publisher	Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Article Title	Word with a Past
Type	article
Date	1933-06-08
Paper	Times Independent
Language	eng
City	Moab
County	Grand
Page	2
OCR Text	Show Word Witha With a PastThe PastThe Past PastThe The word "mountebank mountebank "mountebank'J mountebankJ "mountebank'Jcomes " ' " comes from fromthe fromthe fromthe the Italian ltahan ' montambanco mont'lmbanco montlmbanco ' , , " meaning'to meaning 'to to ' to mount on a benchJ bench , , " and It's Its ' from fromthat fromthat fromthat I fromI that It derives Its present meaning of ofI ofquack ofquack ofquack I quack or ch chailatan 11 ' h tan In the old days daysI daysthe daysthe I the fakes " , would ould climb 1Jmb on a bench or orphtform orpl'ttform orplatform phtform pl'ttform plttform ' in the open market and pro pro- proclaim proclaim proclaim - - claim their wares
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