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Skilful deception
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sleight of hand
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Wikipedia
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Sleight of Hand is an album by the British singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading . It was her tenth studio album and was recorded and produced by Armatrading at Bumpkin Studio, her own purpose built studio in the grounds of her home. The album was released ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. manual dexterity in the execution of tricks [syn: prestidigitation ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sleight \Sleight\, n. [OE. sleighte, sleihte, sleithe, Icel. sl?g? (for sl?g?) slyness, cunning, fr. sl?gr (for sl?gr) sly, cunning. See Sly .] Cunning; craft; artful practice. [Obs.] ``His sleight and his covin.'' --Chaucer. An artful trick; ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The required digital dexterity behind magic tricks and illusions. 2 A performance of such skill.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Miller's financial sleight of hand resulted in the loss of $2 million in tax revenue. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ All the empirical evidence in favour of accuracy order can now be shifted by sleight of hand in support of the ...
Usage examples of sleight of hand.
It took minutes for Phaid to realise that it was just a piece of psychic sleight of hand.
My progress with this field was one of the victims of my recent purge of this diary's pages, because from the start I kept a detailed record of what it took to become proficient in sleight of hand& but all this had to go when I decided to remove the rest.
It was one thing to play around with the magics of sleight of hand and quick change.
They were expecting a contest of subtlety, but sleight of hand was only one of Kalam's talents.