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Meanings of sleight of hand in английском

русский
престидиджитация
португальский
manipulação
испанский
prestidigitacion
каталонский
passapassa
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Fine motor skills used to entertain or manipulate.

        престидиджитация
        Синонимы
        Examples for "legerdemain"
        Examples for "legerdemain"
        1
        Who pays, is a fact buried in the arcana of aldermanic legerdemain.
        Afloat and Ashore: A Sea Tale
        2
        The question is thus narrowed to one of pure legerdemain, and the
        Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed by the University...
        3
        She gazed at them with wide-open eyes, half convinced of some legerdemain.
        Gordon Craig, Soldier of Fortune
        4
        You know I do legerdemain, Frank explained, in his low, sweet voice.
        Bucky O'Connor: A Tale of the Unfenced Border
        5
        Did you call that little exhibition of yours legerdemain, Tim, you sweep?
        The Shape of Fear
        1
        We begin with a performance of prestidigitation that will take your breath away.
        The last illusion
        2
        It is very simple, like all that is done in the matter of prestidigitation.
        Dick Sand: A Captain at Fifteen
        3
        And like a feat of prestidigitation Daniel disappeared into the blackness of the van.
        The Old Wives' Tale
        4
        Her father was whispering to her, entertaining her with prestidigitation.
        Perdido Street Station
        5
        When would he reach the easy prestidigitation of his master!
        Woman Triumphant (La Maja Desnuda)
        Usage of sleight of hand in английском
        1
        Instead, he typically solved his problems with sleight of hand or mechanics.
        Hiding the Elephant
        2
        I've used pretty women to distract attention from my sleight of hand.
        Shadow zone
        3
        The act of putting something into digital notation via sleight of hand.
        The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000
        4
        He didn't tell them about the sleight of hand with the sources.
        The bricklayer
        5
        This is no simple school of sleight of hand and card tricks.
        James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing
        6
        Nature was a grand one for sleight of hand and magic tricks.
        The Fireman
        7
        They told Eisenhower that they could overthrow Castro by sleight of hand.
        Legacy of ashes: the history of the cia
        8
        Through sleight of hand, Sedaris artfully reveals as much as he conceals.
        Wired
        9
        This, in a clever sleight of hand, is Potter as field vole.
        The Guardian
        10
        What a sleight of hand marriage was, how fraudulent the social world!
        The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
        11
        Conjuration, sleight of hand, magic, witchcraft, were the subjects of the evening.
        Cranford
        12
        The approach drew isolated claims of budgetary sleight of hand during floor debate.
        Reuters
        13
        He had a diversity of talents; he was clever at sleight of hand.
        The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
        14
        All of this Sheridan managed with a seeming ease and sleight of hand.
        The Irish Times
        15
        This village was named for the once famous sleight of hand performer Patler.
        The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 5
        16
        It is nothing but a ghetto, dealt with sleight of hand.
        Perdido Street Station