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prestidigitation|ˌprɛstɪdɪdʒɪˈteɪʃən|
[a. F. prestidigitation, f. as next: see -ation.]
Sleight of hand, legerdemain. Also fig.
1859[see next]. 1862Leisure Hour No. 542. 319 The real fact upon which all prestidigitation or quick finger conjuring depends, is the fact that human hands are quicker than human eyes. 1887Stevenson Mem. & Portraits xi. 188 This sort of prestidigitation is a piece of tactics among the true drawing-room queens. |