legerdemain
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We also meet Malini the Magician, about whose tricks and feats of legerdemain “stories are still told, with a true sense of awe, by some of the world’s greatest magicians.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025
Which name do you call a professional who practices legerdemain?
From Slate • Jan. 22, 2024
There is studio photography by the artists of legerdemain, such as the Malians Seydou Keïta and Malick Sidibé.
From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2023
Landrieu, however, defends at least some of this semantic legerdemain.
From Washington Post • Jun. 15, 2022
His door stood open to the morning, and he hummed under his breath while his right hand practiced legerdemain.
From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
