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sleight definition

sleight (slīt)

noun

  1. cunning or craft used in deceiving
  2. skill or dexterity

Etymology: ME < ON slœgth < slœgr, crafty, clever: see sly

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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