prestidigitator

• “You are a prestidigitator, then?” my stout Belgian said to me, laying a stress on this word, to prove to me that he knew the pompous title by which the juggler is distinguished. —  Memoirs of Robert-Houdin
• Now, I've long since come to see the NGLTF as more of an agent of spin than an advocate for honesty so it didn't surprise me much that their report seemed more appropriate on the stage of a prestidigitator than in a news report. —  Box Turtle Bulletin
• As an undergraduate he began working as a prestidigitator, where he practiced his up-close magic skills. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
• And this belief only grew with the high-wire performance of the resurrected Steve Jobs, back from his stint at Next to rescue Apple, who, master prestidigitator, pulled one rabbit after another out of his hat. —  Macworld
• Ajami the prestidigitator makes the elephant of Abu Ghraib, military occupation, the displacement of 4 million Iraqis from their homes, the excess deaths of a million, all disappear in favor of a shining Baghdadi democracy on a hill. —  AGORAVOX - The Citizen Media

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