Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Sleight of hand.
- noun Deceitful cleverness; trickery.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Sleight of hand; a deceptive performance or trick which depends on dexterity of hand; fallacious adroitness, trickery, or deception generally.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Sleight of hand; a trick of sleight of hand; hence, any artful deception or trick.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Sleight ofhand ; "magic "trickery - noun A show of
skill ordeceitful ability
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I need hardly add that these cards are specially treated against any kind of legerdemain, which is superfluous in any case since they will be machine-shuffled.
The Grand Wheel Bayley, Barrington J. 1977
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The story of Robert-Houdin’s diplomacy by legerdemain is well-established in magic lore, in large part because it is the only documented instance, at least since antiquity, in which a conjurer changed the course of world affairs.
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It's the levity that helps to keep us afloat, the magic that gives us lightness of touch -- what the French call legerdemain -- grace under pressure, wonder, and hope.
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Following the strict orders of their donor-masters, and under the guise of the neo-lingo legerdemain, our elected representatives reversed critical legislation that protected us from unfair manipulation of the free markets forces, such as Taft-Hartley Act and other anti-monopoly laws.
Poli-Oligarchs 2008
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We find that the claim is based on dubious assumptions, cherry-picking data, and mathematical legerdemain which is inexplicably being withheld from the public.
The Volokh Conspiracy » How Many Global Deaths from Arms? 2010
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We find that the claim is based on dubious assumptions, cherry-picking data, and mathematical legerdemain which is inexplicably being withheld from the public.
The Volokh Conspiracy » How Many Global Deaths from Arms? 2010
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We find that the claim is based on dubious assumptions, cherry-picking data, and mathematical legerdemain which is inexplicably being withheld from the public.
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We find that the claim is based on dubious assumptions, cherry-picking data, and mathematical legerdemain which is inexplicably being withheld from the public.
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We find that the claim is based on dubious assumptions, cherry-picking data, and mathematical legerdemain which is inexplicably being withheld from the public.
The Volokh Conspiracy » How Many Global Deaths from Arms? 2010
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We find that the claim is based on dubious assumptions, cherry-picking data, and mathematical legerdemain which is inexplicably being withheld from the public.
The Volokh Conspiracy » How Many Global Deaths from Arms? 2010
misterpolly commented on the word legerdemain
b) a newspaper article best read tomorrow
December 14, 2007
sashamd commented on the word legerdemain
c) a dieter's dream
February 22, 2008
wackyvorlon commented on the word legerdemain
My recollection is that it is french for "fast hand".
September 23, 2008
stuartmathergibson commented on the word legerdemain
oun Sleight of hand.
noun Deceitful cleverness; trickery.
October 24, 2021