cantrip

To fellow brokers downstairs on the floor of the Stock Exchange he had merely whispered the compelling cantrip of the bulls: "I've got a good thing!"

From Time Magazine Archive

"Mistress Mary," said Elspeth, "you never told us anything before that was not true; tell us if this was a Hallowe'en cantrip, and make an end of it."

From The Monastery by Sir Walter Scott

With anxious countenance and attentive ears, they listened to the cantrip effusions of these pretended oracles, which prognosticated the bright or gloomy days of futurity.

From Thaumaturgia by An Oxonian

This deposition was made September 10, 1661, and surely Jennet Cock never escaped the consequences of such a cantrip as this!

From Witch Stories by E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn) Linton

Then, with cantrip kisses seven,   Three times round with kisses seven, Warp'd and woven there spun we Arms and legs and flaming hair, Like a whirlwind on the sea.

From Bulchevy's Book of English Verse by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch