PECKSNIFF
\pˈɛksnɪf], \pˈɛksnɪf], \p_ˈɛ_k_s_n_ɪ_f]\
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pek'snif, n. one who talks large about virtue and benevolence, while at heart a selfish and unprincipled hypocrite.--adj. PECK'SNIFFIAN.--n. PECK'SNIFFIANISM. [From Mr Pecksniff in Dickens's Martin Chuzzlewit.]
By Thomas Davidson
By Sir Augustus Henry
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Dopamine Acetyltransferase
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