Legerdemain

/ˈlɛd͡ʒ.əɹ.dəˌmeɪn/

Synonyms for "legerdemain" (21 found)

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Noun(5 words)

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Noun(3 words)
guilehand skillillusion
hanky pankyhocus pocushocus-pocus

Related words (10)

Noun(6 words)
magicmagic trickmanual dexteritythaumaturgytricktrickery
mumbo jumboprestidigitationshenanigansleight of hand

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archaic usagecard trickearly English attestationfinancial legerdemainpolitical legerdemainvanishing act

Collocations

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card trickmagical performancemanual dexteritysleight of handstage magic

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Sample sentences

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Such changes are nothing more than the artist's legerdemain.

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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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