1630 P. Massinger Ep. Ded. sig. A3 I had rather inioy (as I haue donne) the reall proofes of their friendship, then mountebancke like boast their numbers in a Catalogue.
1727 D. Defoe i. iii. 70 They were counted the best and wisest Men, who, Mountebank like, could show most Tricks.
1934 Feb. 133 In no case has the writer, mountebank-like, made a jest of moral misadventures.