What does snake-oil mean?
Snake-oil means (informal, transitive) To dupe or con..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(informal, transitive) To dupe or con..
And this is particularly so for many of our women students who have been hustled and snake-oiled to deny the validity of their intellects.
Before she had a chance to deal with her hangover, he was on the phone snake-oiling her into the first of what would be many ill-fated fraud cases.
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Snake-oil means (informal, transitive) To dupe or con..
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And this is particularly so for many of our women students who have been hustled and snake-oiled to deny the validity of their intellects.
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