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sleight of hand definition

sleight of hand

  1. skill with the hands, esp. in confusing or deceiving onlookers, as in doing magic tricks; legerdemain
  2. a trick or tricks thus performed

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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