单词 | sleight-of-hand juggling |
释义 | > as lemmassleight-of-hand juggling b. In sense ‘performed by sleight of hand, artifice, etc.’, as sleight-of-hand arrangement, sleight-of-hand juggling, sleight-of-hand trick, etc. ΚΠ 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. vi. 114 One of those slight-of-hand arrangements, which still sometimes took place in that once lawless district. 1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey II. iii. viii. 135 You are a juggler; and the deceptions of your slight-of-hand tricks depend upon instantaneous motions. 1828 D. M. Moir Life Mansie Wauch vii. 64 A punch and puppie-show business, and other slight-of-hand work. 1867 J. Ruskin Time & Tide vi. §26 Then there was some fairly good sleight-of-hand juggling of little interest. < as lemmas |
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