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legerdemain definition

leger·demain (lej′ər di mān′)

noun

  1. sleight of hand; skill of a stage magician
  2. trickery of any sort; deceit

Etymology: ME < MFr leger de main, lit., light of hand < leger (< LL *levarius < L levis, light) + de (< L de, of, from) + main < L manus, hand

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