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Conjuring trick   /kˈɑndʒərɪŋ trɪk/   Listen
Conjuring trick

noun
1.
An illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers.  Synonyms: conjuration, deception, illusion, legerdemain, magic, magic trick, thaumaturgy, trick.





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"Conjuring trick" Quotes from Famous Books



... fallen from his hand with a great clang, which confessed the concealed steel. But the Professor did not look round. Syme, who was commonly a cool character, was literally gaping as a rustic gapes at a conjuring trick. He had seen no cab following; he had heard no wheels outside the shop; to all mortal appearances the man had come on foot. But the old man could only walk like a snail, and Syme had walked like the wind. He started up and snatched his stick, ...
— The Man Who Was Thursday - A Nightmare • G. K. Chesterton
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... an honest and upright heart, or this peculiar talent might have led me too far. When I felt inclined for a joke of this nature, I turned it to profit in a conjuring trick, or waited till my friend took leave of me, and then recalled him: "Stay," I would say, handing him the stolen article, "let this serve as a lesson to put you on your guard against persons less honest ...
— The Lock and Key Library/Real Life #2 • Julian Hawthorne
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Words linked to "Conjuring trick" :   performance, prestidigitation, card trick, sleight of hand


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