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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Sharlton, n. (17th c. Eng. charlatan (1618), F. charlatan.) —1666-74 Fraser Polichron. 258.
For doctors and persones of skill we had not then in the North, a few common chyrurgeons and traversing sharltons out of Ireland
