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sleight of hand |
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sleight of hand 1. manual dexterity used in performing conjuring tricks 2. the performance of such tricks How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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