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Nostrum
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) A medicine, the ingredients of which are kept secret for the purpose of restricting the profits of sale to the inventor or proprietor; a quack medicine.
(2):
(n.) Any scheme or device proposed by a quack.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Nostrum'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/n/nostrum.html. 1828.