Such changes are nothing more than the artist's legerdemain.
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Legerdemain
//ˈlɛd͡ʒ.əɹ.dəˌmeɪn//
Synonyms for "legerdemain" (19 found)
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Noun(3 words)
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Related words (9)
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Finnish
1 entries- silmänkääntötemppu noun (sleight of hand)
Hungarian
1 entries- szemfényvesztés noun (sleight of hand)
Latin
1 entries- praestīgia noun (sleight of hand)
Polish
1 entries- kuglarstwo noun (sleight of hand)
Russian
1 entries- ло́вкость рук noun (sleight of hand)
Spanish
2 entries- escamoteo noun (sleight of hand)
- prestidigitación noun (sleight of hand)
Swedish
1 entries- taskspeleri noun (sleight of hand)
Turkish
1 entries- el çabukluğu noun (sleight of hand)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
All you need is a little legerdemain in your accounting to make people think your company is profitable.
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For he in slights and jugling feates did flow, / And of legierdemayne the mysteries did know.
Source: wiktionary
[…] A deliberate man with infinite resources of patience, he was content to progress by easy stages toward the millennium. Some private legerdemain must have reconciled him to the "practical" methods that were employed. […]
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