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Definition of snake-oil:

(n) : Any of the suborder Serpentes of legless reptile with long, thin bodies and fork-shaped tongues.
(n) : (figurative) A person who acts deceitfully for personal or social gain; a treacherous person.
(n) : A tool for unclogging plumbing.
(v) : (transitive) To clean using a plumbing snake.
(v) : (intransitive) To follow or move in a winding route.
(v) : (transitive, Australia, slang) To steal slyly.

Definition of snake-oil:

(n) : Any of the suborder Serpentes of legless reptile with long, thin bodies and fork-shaped tongues.
(n) : (figurative) A person who acts deceitfully for personal or social gain; a treacherous person.
(n) : A tool for unclogging plumbing.
(v) : (transitive) To clean using a plumbing snake.
(v) : (intransitive) To follow or move in a winding route.
(v) : (transitive, Australia, slang) To steal slyly.

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