sleight of hand

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Noun

sleight of hand

1. The required digital dexterity behind magic tricks and illusions.
2. A performance of such skill.
3. (by extension, idiom) Any form of skillful deception.

Synonyms

• legerdemain
• prestidigitation

Translations

• French: tour de passe-passe, tour de main, habileté
• German: Fingerfertigkeit
• Italian: prestidigitazione
• Portuguese: prestidigitação, passe-passe, ilusionismo
• Russian: ло́вкость рук
• Spanish: escamoteo, prestidigitación

Translations

• German: Taschenspielertrick
• Portuguese: prestidigitação, passe-passe
• Spanish: escamoteo, juego de manos

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