Jugglery definition

jŭglə-rē
juggleries
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Trickery; deception.
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The skill or performance of a juggler.
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Trickery; deception.
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The art or act of juggling; sleight of hand.
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(uncountable) The art of a juggler (i.e. trickery or deception).
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(countable) An instance of such trickery or deception.
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Noun

Singular:
jugglery
Plural:
juggleries

Jugglery Sentence Examples

  • Her jugglery was cleverly conceived, but on three occasions was exposed in the mostrconclusive manner.

  • In these degenerate days their supernatural powers consist chiefly in conjuring, sooth-saying, and feats of jugglery, by which they seldom fail in imposing upon a credulous public. (3) Sannyasis, devotees who" renounce "earthly concerns, an order not confined either to the Brahmanical caste or to the Saiva persuasion.

  • Was it a bit of jugglery, or a natural phenomenon, or a piece of self-deception, or an effect of magic?

  • Of games the young Moors play a great number; the principal one is a kind of football, more like that of Siam and Burma than that of England; wrestling and fencing are popular, but the chief amusement of the adult Moors is the "powder-play" (la ` ab el bariid), which consists of a type of military tournament, the horsemen going through lance and musket exercises or charging in review fashion, firing volleys as they gallop. Other recreations much in favour throughout Morocco are music, singing, jugglery, snake-charming and acrobatic performances.

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