| 单词 | legerdemain trick |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslegerdemain trick Chiefly general attributive, as legerdemain show, legerdemain trick, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > legerdemain, etc. > [adjective] juggling?1531 sleight1533 prestigious?1534 juggled1536 conjuring1552 legerdemain1576 prestigiatory1588 hocus-pocus1668 presto1826 prestidigital1856 prestidigitatory1860 prestidigitatorial1861 presto changeo1923 1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions ii. ii. 101 Some Iuglers, & Legier du maine players. 1624 J. Gee New Shreds Old Snare Pref. p. ii Some snips of..their legerdemaine trickes..here I display. 1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 91 Jugglers, who show Legerdemain Tricks. 1760 J. Rutty Spiritual Diary (ed. 2) 171 A legerdemain-man getting four guineas a day. 1838 J. Comstock Tongue of Time iv. 252 Sir Dugald..was present at some legerdemain exhibition. 1855 P. T. Barnum Autobiogr. (ed. 2) viii. 75 Here we met a legerdemain performer by the name of Henry Hawley. 1894 M. S. Bramhall Wee Ones of Japan ii. 58 The hawker..beats a drum, sings a song, spins a yarn, performs two or three legerdemain tricks. 1912 M. B. Leavitt Fifty Years in Theatr. Managem. xxxiii. 506 It gave variety and novelty to Professor Heller's legerdemain show. 2003 E. Krau Meta-psychol. Perspective on Individual Course of Life iii. 47 It has become a fashion considering that in every psi phenomenon a legerdemain trick has been introduced. < as lemmas |
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