Legerdemain
21legerdemain — n 1. sleight of hand, jugglery, juggling, prestidigitation, conjuring, hocus pocus; magic, trickery, thaumaturgy. 2. deception, deceit, dissimulation, duplicity, dark and crooked ways, evil ways; fraud, cheating, chicane; trumpery, dupery,… …
22legerdemain — leg·er·de·main …
23legerdemain — UK [ˌledʒə(r)dəˈmeɪn] / US [ˌledʒərdəˈmeɪn] noun [uncountable] formal the ability to use your hands quickly and skilfully to do tricks. A more usual word for this is sleight of hand …
24legerdemain — leg•er•de•main [[t]ˌlɛdʒ ər dəˈmeɪn[/t]] n. 1) sleight of hand 2) trickery; deception 3) any artful trick • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME legerdemeyn, lygarde de mayne < MF: lit., light of hand leg er•de•main′ist, n …
25legerdemain — /lɛdʒədəˈmeɪn / (say lejuhduh mayn) noun 1. sleight of hand. 2. trickery; deception. 3. any artful trick. {Middle English, from Middle French léger de main light(ness) of hand} …
26legerdemain — n. sleight of hand …
27legerdemain — n. 1 sleight of hand; conjuring or juggling. 2 trickery, sophistry. Etymology: ME f. F leacuteger de main light of hand, dextrous …
28sleight of hand — Legerdemain, hocus pocus, jugglery, prestidigitation …
29The Expert at the Card Table — Infobox Book name = The Expert at the Card Table: The Classic Treatise on Card Manipulation title orig = translator = image caption = Cover author = S. W. Erdnase illustrator = Smith, M. D. country = USA language = English series = subject = Card …
30magic — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sorcery; witchery, glamour, spell; legerdemain. adj. magic[al], mystic[al], occult; enchanting. See deception. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Occult] Syn. enchanted, enchanting, fascinating, charmed,… …
