Programming anti-pattern of including unnamed, unexplained constants in source code.
1It's like a bit of magic string I use to tie two things together.
2Right now, the magic string that binds the NHS together has never been more threadbare.
3She approached the heads to the bodies, and tied some of the magic string round each neck.
4Cheap as chips and priceless, magic string was created not for profit or personal gain -but simply because someone cared.
5He appears and, to use his own expression, draws men to him by magic strings.
6Of minstrel lore-theyloved the magic strings
7'A few can touch the magic string.'