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nos·trum [ˈnɒstrəm, Am ˈnɑ:-] N

1. nostrum (ineffective medicine):

nostrum

Quacksalbermedizin f FRG

2. nostrum (pet scheme):

nostrum

Allheilmittel nt iron

nostrum

Patentlösung f iron

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In his method of practice as a medical man he was remarkably simple, discarding many of the usual nostrums. en.wikipedia.org

In such fictional narratives the explorer is the hero, with the drama unfolding as they are cast into the nostrum of the living past. en.wikipedia.org

He attacked charlatans and fake doctors who roamed the cities and countryside selling their nostrums and cures. en.wikipedia.org

He teaches the boy how to juggle, to draw caricatures, to tell stories, to entertain a crowd, to sell the patent nostrum on which they make their living. en.wikipedia.org

These concoctions were the ancestors of the several nostrums. en.wikipedia.org

But his economic nostrums of colossal tax cuts and a bonfire of regulation have even many conservative economists blinking in disbelief. www.independent.co.uk

Touting these nostrums was one of the first major projects of the advertising industry. en.wikipedia.org

Stable nostrums would have been expensive, but the player would know exactly what effect applying the nostrum would gain them. en.wikipedia.org

Forget the "paradox of thrift" and other too-clever-by-half nostrums. blogs.telegraph.co.uk

The marketing of nostrums under implausible claims has a long history. en.wikipedia.org

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