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Prestidigitator
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Prestidigitator 

a conjurer in the circus or on stage who uses the strength, agility, and flexibility of his fingers and especially of his wrists. He performs tricks using small objects, such as cards, balls, coins, kerchiefs, and ribbons, that appear and disappear in his hands. The term “prestidigitator” was used chiefly in the old circus; today such performers are called manipulators.
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Dillies is a multifaceted performer, presenting dramatic tricks of prestidigitation - making things disappear - with a Vegas flair for panache.
Nothing up her sleeve? by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
On Page 22 of this issue, Science News staff writer Laura Sanders explores the new partnership between the practitioners of prestidigitation and the investigators of cognitive neuroscience.
Neuroscience looks to magicians for big reveal by Siegfried, Tom / Science News
Between the four or five big-wow stunts, Copperfield works on a smaller scale, popping up in the aisles, encouraging audience members (often comely women) to participate in close-up acts of prestidigitation, which are projected via closed circuit on video screens.
Copperfield, working harder than ever, makes it look easy by Joe Brown / Las Vegas Sun
 
 
 
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