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- verb Present participle of
prestidigitate .
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Examples
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Far from prestidigitating his way out of penury, the illusionist secretly takes odd, demeaning jobs to provide Alice with shelter and pretty clothes.
New 'Grit': Precocious Kid, Repurposed Style Joe Morgenstern 2010
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Among the many prestidigitating selves inside Vladimir Nabokov is a valet who can palm himself off on readers when the master grammarian is sleeping off his skills next door.
Nabokov's Touch Pritchett, V.S. 1974
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Kudos also to Tom Ward, our resident fabulous set designer, for prestidigitating the small stage into two apartments.
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