SLEIGHT-OF-HAND
ADJECTIVES
► PRESTIDIGITAL relating to sleight of hand; light-fingered → 1856
NOUNS
► GYPSY SWITCH a form of criminal sleight of hand in which a high-denomination note is palmed and swapped for a low-denomination one → 1950s US criminals’ sl.
► LEGERDEMAIN sleight of hand; the performance of tricks which by nimble action deceive the eye; jugglery, conjuring tricks → a1400
► PASSE-PASSE sleight of hand; clever trickery → 1687 obs.
► PRESTIDIGITATION sleight of hand, legerdemain; conjuring → 1841
► QUEEF a stratagem, a dodge, a trick; a conjuring trick, a piece of sleight of hand; cunning → 1923 Sc.
NOUNS – PERSON
► LEGERDEMAIN a sleight-of-hand performer; a conjurer → 1695 obs. rare
► LEGERDEMAINIST a performer of legerdemain; a conjurer → a1800
► MUCKER a person who uses sleight-of-hand to cheat at cards → 1996 US sl.
► PALMER one who palms or conceals in the hand a card, die, or other object in cheating, conjuring, etc.; a cheat who palms cards, dice, etc.; one who practices sleight of hand → 1671
► PALMERY one who palms or conceals in the hand a card, die, or other object in cheating, conjuring, etc.; one who practices sleight of hand → c1290 obs.
► PRESTIDIGITATOR a person who practices sleight of hand or legerdemain; a conjuror; a juggler → 1712
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