LEGERDEMAIN


Meaning of LEGERDEMAIN in English

n. 25B6; noun

stage magicians practising legerdemain : SLEIGHT OF HAND, conjuring, magic, wizardry; formal prestidigitation; rare thaumaturgy.

a piece of management legerdemain : TRICKERY, cunning, artfulness, craftiness, chicanery, skulduggery, deceit, deception, artifice; Brit. informal jiggery-pokery.

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