prestidigitateur

As for Dr. Staines, there is no need of any apotheosis in his case: as the hero of the book he must perforce be that renowned prestidigitateur whom Mr. Reade long since presented to an admiring audience as the principal performer in his troupe.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 Various

I looked at this young prestidigitateur in a bewildered manner.

My New Curate P.A. Sheehan

It will be remembered that I had the honour to report that amongst my _suite_ I had the pleasure to be accompanied by Herr VON POPOFF, the celebrated Germano-Russian _prestidigitateur_.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, August 20, 1892 Various

Le prestidigitateur alla trouver les autorités et proposa de donner une séance au bénéfice des pauvres, si la ville voulait consentir à payer la location de la salle, etc.

French Conversation and Composition Harry Vincent Wann

-- Qui est venu trouver le prestidigitateur le lendemain?

French Conversation and Composition Harry Vincent Wann

The Treaty (which was subsequently discovered to contain several important concessions to the country I have the honour to represent) was then signed, and the _prestidigitateur_ and I retired loaded with honours.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, August 20, 1892 Various

The prestidigitateur, who moved about the table like a schoolboy in a monkey-house, drew the cork from a bottle of Roederer -- it was astonishing that fireworks did not dart out of it -- and good-humor was restored.

The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

"Now then! the yellow parlor!" and he was conducted into a room where a dazzling table was laid by a young man, with a Yankee goatee and whiskers, and the agility of a prestidigitateur.

The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

Then the prestidigitateur returned and performed his last trick by making the plate disappear upon which Maurice had thrown some money to pay the bill.

The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

Un célèbre prestidigitateur et sa troupe donnant des séances dans une petite ville se trouvaient par suite de mauvaises recettes réduits à la pile nécessité.

French Conversation and Composition Harry Vincent Wann