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sleight of hand |
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sleight of hand Noun 1. the skilful use of the hands when performing magic tricks 2. the performance of such tricks
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An obliging stranger, under pretence of compactly folding up my bank-notes for security's sake, abstracts the notes and gives me nutshells; but what is his sleight of hand to mine, when I fold up my own nutshells and pass them on myself as notes! You could have done it by sleight of hand in a hundred other ways besides that pretence of putting a paper donkey's tail to Fischer's coat. He was adept at sleight of hand tricks, and no bolder or more ruthless crook ever lived. |
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