sleight of hand

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sleight of hand

1. ways of deceiving people which you need skill to do Some mathematical sleight of hand was required to make the figures add up.

2. quick, clever movements of your hands, especially when performing magic tricks With impressive sleight of hand he produced two pigeons out of his top hat.

See also: hand

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An obliging stranger, under pretence of compactly folding up my bank-notes for security's sake, abstracts the notes and gives me nutshells; but what is his sleight of hand to mine, when I fold up my own nutshells and pass them on myself as notes! Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context You could have done it by sleight of hand in a hundred other ways besides that pretence of putting a paper donkey's tail to Fischer's coat. The Innocence Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context He was adept at sleight of hand tricks, and no bolder or more ruthless crook ever lived. The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Leroux, Gaston View in context			slave away slave over slave to sled sled down sled over sleep sleep a wink sleep around sleep around the clock sleep away sleep in sleep like a log sleep off sleep on sleep on it sleep out sleep over sleep through sleep tight sleep together sleep with sleeping giant sleeping partner sleeve sleight of hand slice slice in slice of the cake slice off slice through slice up slick slick as a whistle slick down slick up slide slide along slide around slide by slide down slide down from slide into slide out of slide over slightly slightly rattled slim slim chance slim down sling			SLEG SLEGEN SLEH SLEI Sleid SLEIF sleigh sleigh sleigh sleigh bed sleigh beds sleigh bell sleigh bells Sleigh dog Sleigh dog Sleigh Landing Facility Sleighdog Sleighdog sleighed sleighed sleigher sleigher sleighing sleighing sleighs sleighs sleight sleight sleight sleight sleight of hand Sleight-of-hand Sleight-of-hand Sleight-of-hand Sleightful Sleightly Sleights Sleights sleights of hand sleights of hand sleights of hand sleights of hand Sleighty Sleiman Research and Development Sleipne Sleipner Sleipnir SLEJF SLELTA SLEM Slema SLEMCO SLEN slender slender slender slender (small) pigeon louse slender (small) pigeon louse slender (small) pigeon louse Slender billed gull Slender blind snake

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