| 单词 | hiccius doccius | 
| 释义 | hiccius docciusn.  A formula used by jugglers in performing their feats; hence, ‘a cant word for a juggler; one that plays fast and loose’ (Johnson). Also attributive or as adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > legerdemain, etc. > formula			[interjection]		 hey-passa1593 presto1598 hey or high jingo!1670 hiccius doccius1676 hey presto1732 presto changeo1905 1676    T. Shadwell Virtuoso  ii. 22  				I shall stand here till one of 'em has whipt away my Mistris about business, with a Hixius Doxius. 1678    Quacks Acad. 5  				All the use you are to make of such Terms, is the same Juglers do of Hictius Doctius and Presto. 1678    S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt.  iii. iii. 228  				[An] Old Dul Sot; wh' had told the Clock..At Westminster, and Hickses-hall, And Hiccius-Dockius play'd in all. 1690    J. Dryden Amphitryon  v. 52  				Here's nothing, and here's nothing: and then hiccius doccius, and they are both here again. a1734    R. North Examen 		(1740)	  i. iii. 211  				The Author with his Hiccius-doxius Dexterity, can slur this on one Side, by a Word or two. 1794    Sporting Mag. 3 163  				Our jugglers hixious doxious Shall distance all the Greeks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020). <  | 
	
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