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   Nostrum (-trŭm), n.; pl. Nostrums (-trŭmz). [Neut. sing. of L. noster ours, fr. nos we. See Us.]
   
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   1. 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.
   
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   2. Any scheme or device proposed by a quack.
   
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   The incentives of agitators, the arts of impostors and the nostrums of quacks. Brougham.
   
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   3. Any scheme asserted to solve a problem, but with no objective basis for belief in its effectiveness; esp., in politics, a scheme or proposal likely to prove popular with voters.
   
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